Welcome the Twin Cities Chapter of Attachment Parenting International (API)! There is some information here, but the portal to our community and all our activities is our Yahoo group. Please visit the Yahoo group home page and click the "join this group" button to join our community. The Yahoo group is where you'll find our calendar of events, discussion board and resource data bases.

The mission of API is to educate and support all parents in raising secure, joyful, and empathic children in order to strengthen families and create a more compassionate world. API promotes parenting practices that create strong, healthy emotional bonds between children and their parents. Children can take those bonds with them into their adult lives and share them with their children. Their children can do the same, and a life cycle of compassion and connection is created.

Support meetings happen on 3rd Saturdays from 10:30am to noon in the multi-purpose room of Calvary Church (the old Parenting Oasis), 3901 Chicago Ave S.

Our meetings are family friendly. There is a play area in the same room as the meeting. There is always coffee and tea and generally some snacks and breakfast food for sale - proceeds are used to pay for the meetings space. Please contact TwinCitiesAPI@gmail.com with questions. See you there!

October 15: Handling Separation

November 19: Nurturing Touch/Babywearing

December 17: Benefits of Being an AP Family/Handling Criticism

January 21: Family Balance

February 18: Ensure Safe Sleep Physically & Emotionally

March 17: Feeding with Love and Respect

April 21: Prepare for Birth & Parenting/Preparing Siblings

May 19: Gentle Discipline

Wednesday, January 25th, Elsie's Restaurant, Bar & Bowling Center, 729 Marshall Street Northeast, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55413, 6pm until late. :) People will come and go throughout the evening, so please arrive when you can and stay as long as works for you.

We love meeting new mamas, pregnant mamas, and new members to our group. Babes-in-arms are always welcome.

Please contact twinCitiesAPI@gmail.com to RSVP or with questions. Hope to see you there!

Join us for fun in the gym! Bring a a lunch and spend the afternoon or just come for an hour. We eat at the table in the lobby - no food or drink in the gym, please. People often don't show up until 11 or later, but if you're interested in being there right at 10, please post to the list and other early nappers will probably want to join you.

Email TwinCitiesAPI@gmail.com with questions. See you there!

Friday Playgroup: Fridays from 10:00am to 3:00pm or later at the Midtown Global Market play area (SW corner of the market). Join the Friday Playgroup Yahoo group for more information or to ask questions or email twincitiesapi@gmail.com.

Monday Playgroup: Mondays from 10:00am to 1:00pm, various locations. Join the Monday Outings Yahoo group for more information.