A lot of them don't beleive in sleep training of any kind, and feel its best to by "intuition" instead of any kid of childcare training/parenting books. I have done both AP and mon and went back to non, ater reading some parenting books and becoming more educated about the importance of having a schedule and sleep training from an early age (if done early enough cio is usually not needed) . People are always impressed by my childrens acheivements and what I've done with them , and how dh&I interact with them. But when they dont meet my kids or actually see how we parent and only know that i do sleep train , beleive in cio ( if needed) , strollers, cribs, even spanking I look like this horribly strict mean parent that must not love my children , and oh the poor kids must be suffering and unhappy. I personally feel judged by AP parents on the internet (and have been verbally attacked ) on the parenting forums like babycenter . Maybe they feel judged here , who knows.