I did attachment parenting with my two kids. But I never planned on putting them in daycare either, always knew I would stay at home. IMO it just sounds really selfish for the mom to basically neglect teaching her child how to self soothe when he is going to have to do it in daycare...but who knows I think it will depend on his personality, maybe he will come around OK... You never know but it definitely just sounds like a bad idea to do attachment parenting and then BAM, put them in daycare at 12 months. Very unfair to the child and to the provider especially. I have never actually had a child who did attachment parenting enroll in my daycare so I can't say much. My kids were a mess every time I tried to leave them with someone else, even just their dad. (For this reason and others I wouldn't do attachment parenting again).