Barbara Nicholson and Lysa Parker

Cofounders - Attachment Parenting International

Barbara Nicholson, M Ed

Barbara Nicholson is co-founder and President of the Board of Directors of Attachment Parenting International. She has a Masters of Education degree specializing in learning disabilities and has been a breastfeeding and parent support group facilitator for over 27 years. Barbara speaks to various groups and conferences and has given workshops about parenting as a prevention model for societal violence. She is the mother of four grown sons and lives with her husband in Nashville, Tennessee.

Lysa Parker, MS, CFLE

Lysa Parker (Lisa) received her bachelor’s in education and her master’s degree in human development and family studies from the University of Alabama. She earned her designation of Certified Family Life Educator (CFLE) from the National Council on Family Relations in 2004.

As cofounder of Attachment Parenting International (API), she served as the executive director for thirteen years, focusing on program development, public relations, and fundraising.

Prior to her involvement with API, she worked as a special education teacher helping children with multiple handicaps and learning difficulties. She is the mother of two grown sons, a stepdaughter and is the grandmother of twin grandsons.

Currently Lysa is a writer, speaker and parenting consultant in private practice at www.parentslifeline.com.

Barbara Nicholson and Lysa Parker have committed their lives to working with parent-child relationship issues and are recognized authorities on attachment parenting. They have been featured in national and regional publications including, Newsday, Child Magazine, Mothering Magazine, Natural Life Magazine, Washington Post, Seattle’s Child, Today’s Parents, Westchester Parent, and Charlotte Parent, as well as many international publications. They are frequent guests on national, international, and local radio and TV programs.

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