October is Attachment Parenting month. Now, what does it mean, exactly, to attachment parent? Well, I’m sure if you ask 10 different people, you will get 10 different answers. To me, attachment parenting means, in general, to respect my child and be available - emotionally and physically - to them all (or 99 percent) of the time.

I was recently watching a morning show where the segment was all about “making moms feel less guilty.” I’ve got to say, I’m so tired of hearing about the moms! Being a mom is not about us…it’s about the kids! This woman who was being interviewed was saying that it doesn’t matter if you can only spend one or two hours a day with your child - as long as they are quality hours. That’s such a load of #*#$*, if you don’t mind me saying so. I’ve seen what happens to children who don’t have a parent who stays home. It’s not pretty. They are needy children. Very needy. And the needs manifest themselves in a lot of ways.

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I’m sorry. This will sound very unfeminist of me - but as I get older I realize just how unfeminist I truly am! I just read this article on Night Nannies on The New York Times and let me say that I am appalled. Now, not only are more and more children being shunted out the door to daycare at a younger and younger age, but now their parents can’t even get up with their baby in the middle of the night.

I’m not going to go into how bad this lack of interest in one’s children is - there are plenty of people who have done that already. Let me just say that I don’t understand why people who don’t want to hang out with their children even bother to have them. I’m sorry that waking up in the middle of the night to nurse or comfort your wee one is too much of a strain for you. I know your life and sleep are so much more important. Wake up people - they are only this tiny once in their life! Enjoy that time to snuggle - and catch up on your David Letterman watching. And if you don’t want to do the job of parenting…don’t become a parent. It’s not difficult. And it’s not a job that needs to be outsourced.