May­im Bia­lik does a great ser­vice to those of us unfa­mil­iar with or uncom­fort­able with Attach­ment Par­ent­ing. In her book, Beyond the Sling: A Real Life Guide to Rais­ing Con­fi­dent, Lov­ing Chil­dren the Attach­ment Par­ent­ing Way, Bia­lik grace­ful­ly com­bines her own expe­ri­ences with her research as both a PhD of neu­ro­science and as a par­ent. Her hon­est, per­son­al, and detailed account of her rela­tion­ship to her boys wel­comes the read­er into a par­ent­ing style that can some­times feel over­whelm­ing. As a par­ent of two young chil­dren, I spent the major­i­ty of the book feel­ing inspired to be a lit­tle more ​‘attach­ment’ par­ent and a lit­tle less ​‘sched­ule ori­ent­ed’ par­ent. To nurse my daugh­ter because she seems to want to, even though her sched­ule does not dic­tate a time to eat; to spend an extra few min­utes with my son as he strug­gles to fall asleep at night, even though our rou­tine does not allow for it. And while I strug­gled with cer­tain com­po­nents of the phi­los­o­phy (I am not con­vinced that a dis­cus­sion and a hug is enough to con­quer the tem­per tantrums in my house), it is a valu­able read for new or expec­tant parents.