Many people see natural parenting the way God has intended humans to bring up their children, i.e. as guided by your gut feelings. Millions of children are raised this way all over the world, and they are being raised very successfully. There are other parenting styles as well. Guide parenting is one of the alternate styles, where parenting skills are taught by books, articles, research, and other techniques. Usually such people are walking encyclopedias on matters regarding parenting -- however, in real life; they are as puzzled by the subject as any other parent.
Parenting instincts are born into most animals. Every species raise their young and care for their young in a particular manner, whether it be fish, dogs, cats, birds, or wild animals. Human beings have their own style as well. Relying only on gut feeling can take one very far in successfully raising your children. However, there is too much information floating around in so many forms, which confuses parents and make them flounder in this basic task.
As an example, it is completely natural to breastfeed an infant. Normally, one need not teach the mother or the baby how to do this. Nowadays there are so many conflicting opinions on this basic task that it's easy for a new parent to become confused and wonder whether they are doing the right thing. The same applies to more complex matters such as nutrition, how to feed a child, and other such basic matters.
If you go back some 30 or 40 years you will find that natural parenting was very common and quite successful. Today when parents attend parenting workshops, make unending appointments with the pediatrician, keep researching on every aspect of bringing up children, parenting loses its charm, warmth and spontaneity.
In today's society natural parenting has definitely been relegated to second place. Parents today pay more attention to what the latest research says about how to raise children, instead of letting the auto-pilot take over. Unfortunately, the results are not so good when natural parenting takes the back seat. Children need to be free and happy, and a growing movement is beginning to see how natural parenting can create the environment for children to naturally prosper.
The basic bond that exists between parents and children cannot be established and strengthened if the children are raised on the textbook method. Rather, it needs the 'I feel right about this' method of parenting. This is what natural parenting is all about, i.e. trusting your own gut feelings while making decisions about raising your children -- and that is the ways things should be.
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