Attachment Parenting International, an organization dedicated to the wellbeing of children and families and founded to network with parents, professionals and like-minded organizations around the world. API’s mission 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. In addition to providing assistance in training leaders and forming parenting support groups, API functions as a clearinghouse providing educational materials, research information, consultative, referral and speaker services to promote attuned parenting concepts based in API's Principles of Parenting.