I believe a far higher proportion of parents would be aspiring to natural parenting if our society more adequately supported it. In the long term, measures such as these would indirectly produce savings by far outstripping the costs. Until mainstream business and health-care become more supportive of natural parenting, those who are committed to this style of parenting need to create this support for themselves. It can be of enormous benefit either to join or to create your own like-minded support groups. Information such as lists of health practitioners who are sympathetic to natural parenting, and relevant literature, can be efficiently disseminated through group-networking.
Support groups can also be an invaluable source of moral and emotional sustenance.
Even when isolated, those who practice natural parenting are certainly not alone. I found each of the following books to be highly informative, inspiring and supportive to natural parenting. This article originally appeared in Sidney's Child , Sidney Australia.