ABSTRACT

Attachment parenting (AP), coined by American paediatrician William Sears and his wife Martha, claims inspiration from the practices of “traditional” and “primitive” peoples. These peoples’ “instinctive” parenting behaviour forms the basis for AP’s seven tools, including breastfeeding, babywearing and bedsharing. As the AP phenomenon gathers momentum in the US, UK and Canada, this paper examines the raced, gendered and classed dimensions of its rise to popularity. Who is AP for? And to whom does it belong? Drawing from interviews with nineteen black mothers living in Canada and the UK, this paper captures efforts to “reclaim” attachment parenting, both against the Sears and for black communities.

摘要

由美国儿科医生威廉·西尔斯（William Sears）和他的妻子玛莎（Martha）创造的依恋育儿（AP）声称从“传统”和“原始”人民的习俗中获得灵感。这些人的“本能”育儿行为构成了AP七个工具的基础，包括母乳喂养，婴儿装和床褥。随着AP现象在美国，英国和加拿大的发展势头迅猛，本文研究了其流行程度的种族，性别和分类维度。AP适用于谁？它属于谁？本文通过对十九个居住在加拿大和英国的黑人母亲的采访而得出，该论文抓住了“收回”依恋育儿的努力，无论是针对西尔斯还是针对黑人社区。