New Video Tries to Scare Parents Into Not Bedsharing
A new video is making the rounds trying to convince people that bedsharing is dangerous using time-lapsed footage of someone sleeping. Warning: Your head may explode from the stupid in it!
A new video is making the rounds trying to convince people that bedsharing is dangerous using time-lapsed footage of someone sleeping. Warning: Your head may explode from the stupid in it!
I feel like sleep trainers are like a mythical monster where every time you cut off one head with science and reason, two more take their place that are even more dangerous than before. In the last few months alone, the media has highlighted this method of locking your child in a room for 12 hours a day under the guise of “helping” your child and a method of sleep training newborns by not feeding them at night.
The topic of stress-release crying is a tricky one because people's understanding of it is lacking. The fact remains that even infants who experience this type of crying need to be responded to and supported during this time.
Today I've had enough. I've had enough of the rampant stupidity that permeates popular parenting advice and the asinine conclusions about responsive parenting. So here's what I REALLY think.
For new parents, a certain level of sleep deprivation is part of the job description, but how can one stave off the negative effects or at least minimize them?
Most parents face the time when their kids show a fear due to a fearful event. What if we could avoid that or change the fears our children already have?
Your children find the flour and decorate your living room with it. What do you do?
Does the thought count? Is thinking certain thoughts about parenting enough to result in children who are happy and healthy? What about the contents of the thoughts?
Basing decisions on things like vaccination should be done from research and evidence, not fear. Finding sources that provide this information can be hard, but hopefully some of these will help.
Do we have a right to be happy? When we aren't, do we have a right to seek support and love? What about our children?