show the doctors dr sears welcome john how do you do and i'm great thank you for thank you for joining us what is attachment parenting one of the parenting techniques. you know this is a you know it's a parenting technique and it's the way i was raised it's helped with the way i raised my kids and so it's the way a lot of parents raise their kids nowadays you know but you know twenty thirty years ago when this first started being a were people talked about it was you know considered really horrendous but now it's you know it's much more mainstream and in my practice many many parents. to simply some of the aspects of attachment parenting and it's generally it's you know listening to your baby instead of looking at the schedule it's you know trying to read your baby used to use respond when they're crying you pick them up breastfeeding instead instead of formula as much as possible and then sleeping close to your baby it's essentially forming a much greater attachment and having a much for greater bond with your kids with your babies and we found that. kids when they grow up in that kin

dr sears them. is our strong desire to provide as much information and in the best forms in any help you provide this is very helpful for us in order to ensure that there is an informed public on on exactly what our proposals are and exactly the consequences any other questions or information am. so excellent thank you. thank you thank you. traveling with. the second and. it won't be just radar if there's radar well be other safeguards nearby i'm afraid the americans will take over the whole area the front of the far away was. wherever american soldiers appear on the cloud flows everywhere. which changed changed changed. the focus of the gum sign a petition for the referendum on locating a u.s. army base in our country. through our view that guy is scum when i say get off during the prayers of the courage to teach changed. by the way i'm ivan martin uro's yeah when noticed your hate for ice and i hate for ice they're treacherous for us out. there knowing we have to form and soon i know you for. thes

your child will still be okay. >> dr. searsther advocates of attachment parenting claim it has many psychological and physiological benefits. the "times" reporter on the story says there's no long-term study this proves the benefits. well baby week starts on monday on "news4 midday." tune in each day for an important bit of information we've got a lot coming for you. on monday we begin the week with planning for pregnancy. and how to deal with infertility. on tuesday, the do's and don't's for pregnant women from day one until due date. on wednesday, we're cooking healthy recipes for moms-to-be and baby. on thursday, what parents will need. and on friday, we wrap up the week with maternity fashions. baby week on "news4 midday." let's take a look outside right now. sunshine, beautiful start to the weekend. storm center 4 meteorologist tom kierein joins us with a look ahead to what we can expect this weekend, tom? >> it is such a beautiful morning now. after a very cold start. we were down in the upper 30s throughout much of the r

the article talks about paernts what who take recommendations of dr. sears too far coined the term attachment parenting by breast feeding longer and doing things like carrying the baby instead of using strollers. heather is a lactation consultant. >> it helps to make them feel safe and loved. anyone is going blossom and reach their full phone shall under those circumstance autos we have to do what we feel is best for our kids and block block out other noise we encounter. >> people get caught up on these words and i think to each her own. >> the mother in the picture also has a blog called i am not a baby-sitter. yesterday it got so many hits it crashed. and this american academy recommends women breast feed for a year. world health organization says two. dan? >> thank you. >> and this story has stirred up quite a confrontation. lynn says it's a personal choice and john says some problems in the world. don't understand why this is news. and cj says once they get their first tooth yeah it's time to stop. thanks for comments. to weigh in on the subject go to fa

dr. william sears.on breast-feeding into toddler hood, sleeping in the same bed as your child, and other means of attachment parent i ing. it's a very popular book. it sold 1.5 million copies. but many are against this type of parenting. so joining me now is dr. william sears. doctor, welcome. >> good morning, carol. good to be with you. >> it's nice to have you here. let's first take on the cover of "time" magazine. i'm sure you've seen it by now. they didn't feature you on the cover, but they featured this blond mother with her 3-year-old child breast-feeding. so as you look at this cover, what do you think? >> well, it got a lot of attention, carol. i want to make a point that attachment parenting is not extreme. it's a very natural, instinctual can, beautiful way of mothering and fathering your baby. it is not indulgent. it's not extreme n. fact, how i explain it to parents, if you are on an island and there were no experts around to advise you how to parent your baby, attachment parenting is what y

. >> but dr. sears is that this takes a good thing, mother and child bonding, and takes it to the extreme. and in some cases my undermine child vefl esteem. >> that's why we put balance. it's not extreme. if you were on an island and you had no mother-in-law, no psychologists, no doctors around, no experts, this is what you would naturally and intingively do to give your baby the best investment you'll ever get. >> let me turn to you. this article touches on every hot button issue of parenting. and i think a lot of moms might come away with the thought, boy, if i can't do this, if i have to work outside the home, am i somehow harming my child? >> exactly. and just one correction, the piece was written by kate piccard, one of our most inexhaustible writers and one of the points that she makes in the story is that children and parents are unique to themselves. and as dr. sears says, and quotes him saying, do the best with what you have. if you can't be the perfect attachment parent, if you work outside th

dr. william sears started the movement 20 years ago. >> the kids who are most attached early on, who learn of trust, these kids actually grow up to be the most independent and naturally secure children. >> reporter: for mom blogger jennifer, who had five kids in under five years, breast feeding she says was not in the cards. >> my approach to parenting is surviving, making it through every day with nobody hurt, and everybody fed. maybe bathed if we're lucky, and happy. i don't judge those that breast feed, and those that breast feed should not judge me. >> reporter: the "time" mag i seen article is about dr. sears. editors did consider putting him on the cover, they chose instead to go with an image that would be recognizable as to the gist of the story. of course, ask yourself which cover you would stop and look at. deb or ra feyrick. >>> we would like to hear what you think about mothers breast feeding, how old is too old for a mother to breast feed her childle? tweet me @randikaye. >>> when i say airmen, you think of the air force, right? these airmen, yes, these are airmen, they are am

dr. bill sears wrote a book on the subject 20 years ago. a local lactation expert and several moms we spoke to are sounding off about the photo. >> women are pulled in so many directions today. they don't need to be told when to stop breast-feeding. >> you've got to know your own kid. and i don't think there are many parents who don't take into account their own child's needs. >> of course that cover gives parents like me a bad name. >> dr. sears and other advocates of attachment parenting claim it has many psychological and physiological benefits. the "times" reporter says there is no long-term study that proves those benefits. >> interesting. >> the one thing we don't want to happen is have a title like this pit mothers against mothers. regardless of what choices you make. we need to be working together. it's tough to be a mom, to raise kids in this country. >> it is an interesting premise that you would allow the kid to wean him or herself on their own timeline. >> honestly, some kids wean themselves before they're 1. >> what if some don

dr. bill sears wrote a book on the subject 20 years ago.actation expert and several moms we spoke to are sounding off it the cover. >> women are pulled in so many directions today they don't need to be told when to stop breast-feeding. >> you've got to know your own kid. and i don't think there are many parents who don't take into account their own child's needs. >> of course that cover gives parents like me a bad name. >> dr. sears and advocates of attachment parenting claim that it has many physiological and psychological benefits. the "time's" reporter says there is no long-term study that proves the benefits. like we said, a lot of people talking about this. i think a lot of it really is -- the imagery itself is shocking and would -- i would think spur any conversation. >> provocative i think "time" magazine is accomplishing what it went out to do, which is, of course, start a conversation on a touchy subject. when you call into question are you mom enough, you'll get moms up in arms. of course we're moms enough. we make tough choices,

the article talks about attachment parenting, the method promoted in a book that came out about dr. searsit promoting breast feeding on demand, among other things. earlier i talked to a doctor who said whether it works varies depending on the parent and the child. >> my role is not to judge, but help guide people in their lifestyle, personality choices. have to come from their heart, what works for them. sometimes it's a partner that makes it inconvenient or impossible. sometimes it's a job. many people have to go back to work within a couple of months of delivering a baby. it makes the whole process a very, very individual choice, individual needs. some babies are very easy. they are easily -- fall into a schedule, they'll sleep well, eat predictably. there's not a problem for the parents to have to accommodate that situation. but other babies are more demanding. they really require a much more interactive and supportive and ontouch time of a mom. >> dr. libby says one of the biggest positives about attachment parents is it does encourage parents to be responsive to their baby. but it's

it's 622 right now she can think bank dr. sears the six year-old making history of the national spelling bee. >>> on guard like father like son and daughter meet the bay area's first family of friends area's firthis country was built by working people. the economy needs manufacturing. machines, tools, people making stuff. companies have to invest in making things. infrastructure, construction, production. we need it now more than ever. chevron's putting more than $8 billion dollars back in the u.s. economy this year. in pipes, cement, steel, jobs, energy. we need to get the wheels turning. i'm proud of that. making real things... for real. ...that make a real difference. ♪ summer in london while his daughter has similar hopes. i think a lot of people when he did to having their father as their coach and to many people ask me but personally i think that's it benefits mean. >>> on a strip tease my coach enemies my dad is a good separation there and of course if he doesn't do well that i kind of have to comfort him. dirichlet's appare

dr. william sears and his wife made the concept famous. it's time's cover people are talking about. is it appropriate? is it not? surae chinn got reaction today. >> i just feel like we have to defend ourselves for something that we're doing that's so right for our kids and i hate that. >> reporter: the topic of disposable diapers at this attachment parenting group in reston was overshadowed by a picture of a 3-year-old standing up and latched onto mom's breast. >> i saw it was a picture of a mom breastfeeding her kid. so it wasn't like oh, wow. there was nothing shocking about it. we're moms. we know what we have. >> reporter: moms can already feel the pressure of being judged and they say having this cover doesn't help. you feel like you kind of are always to have to stand up for your child and i always will, but it's unfortunate that i have to. >> reporter: everyone is a critic. >> i don't think a child that age should be breastfeeding. >> i think it's awful. >> reporter: why? >> well, i'm a little bit insulted by the way she's dressed, no. 1, and secondly, by what the child is do

dr. william sears and his wife made that concept famous, but it's time's cover everybody is talking about and surae chinn went out today to gather reaction. >> reporter: what are your thoughts? >> oh, my goodness. i couldn't think that's appropriate at all. >> he's too old. >> reporter: the cover was late night fodder. >> they put it out for mother's day and this is what it looks like after our top notch censors got ahold of it. >> reporter: some moms say this cover shows you our society has sexualized the breast instead of looking at nursing as something natural, but even some moms say this is a bit much. >> i worry about that kid when he's a little bit older, what he might think when he sees the cover of his completely walking, eating, running self nursing. >> we're doing it because it feels right to us. >> reporter: we caught up with an attachment parenting group meeting at reston library. the principles of this parenting can be controversial itself, co-sleeping, baby wearing and extended breastfeeding. >> i just couldn't like the idea we have to defend ourselves for doing something th

dr. william sears, who has popularized it in his best-selling books. you create a bond with your child by wearing your baby in a sling, letting the baby sleep with you, and breast-feeding until the child weans him or herself which could be up to the age of 4 or 5. but what if you simply don't have time for so much attachment? local moms and a lactation expert weighed in on that issue. >> women are pulled in so many directions today they don't need to be told when to stop breast-feeding. is there a shock factor? well, it depends on which culture you live in. nursing a 3-year-old is not an unusual thing. but that picture kind of misrepresents what breast nooeding a toddler is like. there's more danger in standing on a stool like that than there is breast-feeding a 3-year-old. >> you've got to know your own kid, and i don't think there are many parents out there who don't take into account their own child's needs. >> of course that cover gives parents like me a bad name. so. >> well, child rearing and breast-feeding all emotional issues. quite personal is

according to dr. sears. >> according to dr. ing of it is basically -- >> go ahead, hit me. >> he basically wants you to spend every waking moment, and pretty much every sleeping moment, with your baby. >> so more guilt. >> every waking moment with your baby. go on. >> he wants to you breast feed at least through one year. >> yeah. >> he basically has, you know, started this whole movement of wearing your baby in a sling. >> oh, you're supposed to wear your baby. >> as an accessory. >> but we quote the baby gods throughout history. and the predecessor to dr. spock was a guy who wrote a book in 1928 who said kissing your children is dangerous and you should shake hands with your children every morning when you wake up. >> oh, like my dad. >> feeling guilty yet, mika? >> my dad was always like, congratulations, you're going to school today. yes. and then i'd be like this is weird. so i'm depressed. >> so we've evolved. >> so i'm a bad mom. are you a bad mom? >> it's all about guilt, guilt, guilt. >> i'm horrific actually. >> and ho

dr. bill sears, says extended breast-feeding can create a closer bond.e's what local parents say about the photo. >> i think to each its own. i sleep with him. he sleeps in the family bed. >> not more than a year. not when they can walk and stand on a chair. >> the cover mom said she was nursed until she was almost 6 years old and she said her parents are really into nutrition. her father is a uc berkeley trained knew trishal scientist. she also tells "time" that she nurses her other son who is 5 about once a month. >>> 7:22. let's see what's happening in your commute. not dwight friday light, is it -- not quite friday light, is it, sal? >> in some places, not. on this beautiful day a lot of people are taking the train downton if they have to go to work. it might be a good thing. on the road, not that bad. let's take a look at 208 in san jose. it looks pretty good. by yesterday at this time we had a lot of slow traffic here. 101 and 85 still looking good. there's some slow traffic. i don't want to mislead you but you will see lighter-than-usual condition

dr. william sears. the author of the 199 3 book "attachment parent." >> this is a natural, instin instinctual, it's not indulgent or extreme and how i explain it to parents are if you're an island and there were no experts around to advise you how to parent your baby, attachment parents is what you do. >> a lot of people argued that the cover is sensationalizing something that's meant to be a personal issue 'this is heather from nashville. they practices attachment parent, and then in new york, dr. jeff gordeer. heather, what do you think of it? what do you make of the cover and the big uproar over attachment parenting now? >> i actually am sort of blog friends with jamie and i have a lot of respect for her and "time" contacted me when they were shooting the cover and i was disappointed when they went with another family. when i saw the cover, i felt relieved. it's not exactly representative of what full term priest feeding looks like. i think it was created for shock value. and i think it got that acro

dr. bill sears says extending breast-feeding can create a closer bond. >> i think teaches parents people are social touchy people. i sleep with him still. he sleeps in the family bed. >> not more than a year. not when they can walk and stand on a chair. >> the cover mom says she was nursed until she was six years old. she says her parents were really into nutrition. her father is a uc berkeley trained nutritional scientist. and also tells time magazine she nurses her other son who is five about once a month. >>> 5:24. the united states football league you remember that it's making a come back. oakland raider is one of the advisors for the reborn usfl. it went out of business in 1987. the new usfl plays between march and june with eight teams. portland, oregon, salt like city, utah, and memphis, tennessee are some of the cities being considered. >>> the amgen tour begins this weekend. stage one begins on sunday in santa rosa. now stage three starts tuesday in san jose and for the first time in the history of this race riders will climb mt. diablo. drivers are to expect delays for two hour

dr. william sears. he's the author of the book "the baby book." >> attachment parenting is not extreme. a very natural, beautiful way of mothering and fathering your baby. it's not indulgent or extreme. in fact, how i explain it is, if you are an island and there was no experts around to advise you how to parent your baby, attachment parenting is what you would naturally do. >> but a lot of people argued it is sensationizing something that is meant to be private. people are both drawn to and irritated by this particular cover. so heather, what do you think of snit what do you make of this cover and the big uproar over attachment parenting now? >> well, i actually am sort of blog friends with jamie and i have a lot of respect for her. "time" contacted me when they were planning on shoot thing cover and i was disappointed when they decided to go with another family. but i felt a little relieved when i saw the cover, because it's not exactly representative of what full-time breastfeeding looks like. i don't think that it -- i think that it was created for shock value and i think it got tha

dr. bill sears says extending breast feeding can create a closer bond. here's what local mothers said about that photo. >> i think it's too much. they have a sense of what the body parts are. so it shouldn't be like this. >> it's not something i would do. but i think every mother has to decide for herself what the right thing to do for her and her children. >> the mother that appeared on this cover said she was nursed until she was six years old. her parking lots were really into nutrition. her dad is a uc berkeley trained scientist. she also tells time magazine she nurses her other son who is five years old once a month. >>> alcatraz will not be making a return. fox is canceling the mystery thriller after a troubling drop in viewer ship. in the beginning it attracted 10 million viewers but by the end of the 13th episode season it had shrunk by more than half. >>> a new discovery disputes the ending of the year. oldest mayan calendar yet and goes well beyond the year 2012. the findings contradict the modern day theory of the world coming to an end. >>> a

it's important to remember dr. sears comes from a very conservative catholic background.nverts back to catholicism. the la leche league, the la leche league, which we think of a crunchy, hippie earth mom movement. began as a right wing catholic women's organization. >> i did not know that. >> similarly natural childbirth, when we watch "mad men" and we see betty draper getting put under. twilight sleep was a feminist progressive reform against women who thought women had to suffer through childbirth. it's a reaction that started out as feminist reforms now are being, there's been a convergence. you say the -- >> it's a convergence towards essentialism. >> as the two conceptual underpinnings. >> we saw this in peer groups about expectations of a natural childbirth. >> can choices that are individuals should make are sets of expectations that come about beginning with that, go to breastfeeding. >> i think what michelle is saying is so important the reason that these ideas have so much power in kind of a progressive world, in sushen circles and progressive circles, these rea

dr. william sears that advocates parents devote themselves 24/7 to their children for several years wearinghem in slings, breastfeeding on demand and co- sleeping. killing is a supporter. >> the more that you are there for your child you build a confidence in them so that they can be independent in a is healthy way and in the back of their mind they'll always know that mom and dad are there for them and help them to express themselves in more independent ways than you can imagine. >> reporter: she and her husband say attachment parenting is helping them raise 3-year-old auria and 1 1/2-year- old honor into well adjusted kids and one day adults. >> my children are very independent and happy to explore the world on their own because they have the sense of comfort and security in home and that we're always there for them. >> killing says the time magazine picture may be controversial, but at least it's getting people talking, getting them to consider the benefit of attachment parenting even if it's in an eye popping way. >> i think that the magazine did its job in terms of catching people's at

dr. bill sears, who is an advocate of "attachment parenting" into the hot seat explaining what attachment and talking about its advantages. here is "good morning america" covering that for "abc news." >> look closely at this photo. nope, your eyes are not playing tricks. jamie is a 26-year-old mother from los angeles who is breast-feeding her almost four-year-old aaron. it's a back to nature some might say fringe way of raising kids called attachment parenting. it's sparking a heated debate. >> micel: now w onon th h tt asascicied stices ana rose we discuss an issue and we make a ruling. i want to ask you first, when you see something like this what do you think is going on at "time" magazine? do you think this is the right thing for them to be putting on a magazine. >> they obviously want to be provocative. "time" magazine is probably having a hard time as a weekly publication that is known for having substantive things in their magazine to keep up with twitter and minute-to-minute and instant news. so they want to be provocative. but no mom breast feeds like that. most moms do not look

dr. sears made breast-feeding something to be embraced not embarrassed about.r cultures, as i mentioned, something parents do through the age out of 4, because of necessity, because of where they live in the world. when a busy mom nurses, fredricka, and you may remember this, it release as hormone that makes the mom relax. the baby relaxes. it's very nurturing to both. so it's not for everybody. >> all right, deborah, thanks so much. appreciate that. here's a dose of reality according to the cdc. most moms in the u.s. fail to meet the recommendations by the american academy of pediatrics and the u.s. surgeon general to breast-feed exclusively for six mont months. nearly 75% of moms start nursing their newborns, but only about 15% are exclusively breast-feeding without using infant formula when their baby is 6 months old. and by the time the baby turns 1, less than a quarter of moms are breast-feeding at all. his e! luckily though, ya know, i conceal this bad boy underneath my blanket just so i can get on e-trade. check my investment portfolio, research stocks..

dr. william sears and his wife. now time magazine was honoring the 20 year anniversary of the publishing of their baby book, but it's the cover of time that's really causing a stir. >> of 1 is a critic and let's face it -- everyone is a critic and let's face it, time magazine shows this picture to get people talking. who's to say a 3-year-old on mommy's breast is wrong? well, apparently a lot of people think so. what are your thoughts? >> oh, my goodness. i don't think that's appropriate at all. >> he's too old. >> the cover was late night fodder. >> they put it out for mother's day and this is what it looked like after our top notch censor got ahold of it. >> some moms say this cover goes to show you that our society has sexualized the breast instead of looking at nursing as something natural, but even some moms said this is a bit much. >> i worry about that kid when he's a little bit older what he might think when he sees the cover of his completely walking eating running self nursing. >> we're doing it because it

dr. william sears laid out the baby book. it lays out the attachment parenting theory.eeping with the baby in the mother's bed and baby wearing, which means attaching the baby to the body, and not allowing an infant to cry. jamie lynn is here with us and also the editor of the story. jamie, let me start with you. i don't know when you made th decision to do this. did you know you were going to be on the cover? >> no, definitely, time contacted me. it was going to be possibly just for the article heading. and not for the cover story. so i didn't know basically until the day before. and i didn't know the photo until everybody else saw it for the first time too. so i didn't know which one was going to be selected. >> are you happy, not sure? angry? how do you feel? >> no, i'm definitely -- i understand why "time" chose the photo they did. but i have seen a lot of backlash in, you know, breast-feeding advocates saying it doesn't represent how real extended breast-feeding is really perceived. it's true, i mean, that's not how we breast-feed at home. >> is he really breast-fe

dr. bill and martha sears. in our 7:00 hour, we'll get reaction from an expert in pediatrics on this. it had a lot of us talking about it. >> imanticipate sure the editors at time are patting themselves on the back. you get people talking, you increase sales. >>> metrobuses in danger of catching on fire. >> it already happened last month twice. now, the transit agency is taking action to avoid a repeat. plus, we are checking weather and traffic. stay with us.  >>> taking a live look outside right now, a little bit cooler as you step outside this morning than maybe you've experienced over the past couple of days or at least the humidity will be a the bit less. we'll check in with tucker in a second to see how the day will shape up. >>> our special fox 5 weather day with the washington nationals is coming up next tuesday, may 15th. tucker, tony, sue palka and other special guests will be at the ballpark that morning with thousands of school kids from across the region. >> what is this song? the theme from baseball bunch. >> the kids will get to see a special present is

dr. william sears is the man behind the parngt.ook." >> this is what you would naturally and instinctively do to give your baby the best investment you'll ever get. >> reporter: it's stimulating strong comments online. actress alyssa milano dwighted to time, no, you missed the mark. you're supposed to be making it. your cover is skploisive and extreme. >> one wrote i support extended breast-feeding and don't find it or attachment parenting to be extreme. another wrote, i think this picture and story is disgusting. i'm all for breast-feeding your infant, not your 4-year-old. mommy bloggers sounded off as well. >> look at this mother and she's beautiful and she looks like a supermodel and her breast is perfect and she's asking you, are you enough? and to me it wasn't even about being a mother. it was about being a woman. >> reporter: mother jamie grumet knows not everyone is into attached parenting but some may find it useful. >> you can take the philosophy, and it's okay. you're not a bad parent. your child will still be okay. >> no

dr. bill and martha sears. do you think the cover goes too far?h for my fox d.c. >> and provehicle testify. -- provocative. people are talking about it. >>> still ahead on the news at 5. [ singing ] what doesn't kill you makes you stronger ♪ >> turning a fight into a viral video. more of this coming up. >>> and i'm with one of the greatest redskins of all time. dexter manly and i will let him speak when we come back and talk about this behind us. s be . >>> and some beautiful weather on the way. gary's back with the forecast.  i'm one of six children that my mother raised by herself,  and so college was a dream when i was a kid. i didn't know how i was gonna to do it, but i knew i was gonna get that opportunity one day, and that's what happened with university of phoenix. i feel like the sky's the limit with what i can do and what i can accomplish. my name is naphtali bryant and i am a phoenix. visit phoenix.edu/beltway to find our 5 locations in your area you can always expect more. like more on demand shows and movies than ever. and more ways

dr. william sears started the movement 20 years ago. >> the kids who are most attached early on who learn these kids actually grew up to be the most independent and naturally secure children. >> reporter: but for mom blogger jennifer levinson who had five kids in under five years, breast-feeding, she says was not in the cards. >> my approach to parenting is surviving, making it through every day with nobody hurt and everybody fed. maybe bathed if we're lucky and happy. i don't judge those that breast-feed, and those that breast-feed should not judge me. >> reporter: after all, being a good mom isn't just about doing one thing right. it's about doing hundreds of things every day the best you can so that your child is happy, balanced, and loved. deborah feyerick, cnn, new york. >>> so there's a big range of strong reactions to this breast-feeding issue and the "time" magazine provocative cover. may mayim bialik, you may know her from the '90s "blossom" and "the big bang theory." nice to have you here. i know you're an advocate of the attached parenting style that believes that it is benefic