Children Sleeping With Their Parents Makes Them Grow Up And Confident In Themselves, According To Studies
Children sleeping with their parents:
There is no need to rush to make your child sleep alone - there may be benefits to him sleeping with you in the same bed.?
Do you still sleep in the same bed with your three-year-old and under?
While most children who grew up in Western countries are accustomed to sleeping in their own rooms (and thus nursery rooms are a common feature in Western homes), it is not surprising that Filipino parents share the same bed with their young children. As per the culture of people in the Philippines, many of them prefer to have their children close to them, close at hand, because they feel safer in this way.
And in case you need proof (although you probably won't), here's what the studies suggest so far.
A survey conducted by a group of psychology students showed that adults who slept with their parents in their childhood “have high self-confidence and feel less guilt and anxiety than others.” This was especially true in males.
One participant even said, “I always felt safe knowing that if I had a nightmare, I could crawl in bed to my mom and dad.”
In addition, sharing a bed with parents helped participants connect with others on a physical level.
“Women whose mothers slept with them in the same bed as children reported satisfaction with physical contact and affection and increased sexual activity” while men reported “increased frequency of sex” as adults.
Some parents often oppose sleeping with their children to encourage independence, so it is believed that solitary sleep is linked to independence. But Dr. James McKenna, director of the Mother and Child Behavioral Sleep Laboratory at the University of Notre Dame, points out that co-sleeping may in fact contribute to children having greater independence, confidence and social competence.
Dr. McKenna also notes that a study of English children found that children who were never allowed to sleep with their parents in bed appeared to be more difficult to control, less happy, and had more tantrums than children who were allowed to sleep in their parents' bed .
“They are more afraid and more dependent on their parents compared to the children who slept in their parents’ beds.”
Here, when we talk about sleeping with parents and sharing a bed, we are talking about children over the age of one year. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) advises that children under six months of age sleep with their parents in the same bed. The AAP's Safe Sleep Guidelines, updated in 2016, recommend that parents avoid sleeping in the same bed with infants "preferably until the child is one year old but at least for the first six months," and that children "share a bedroom with parents." , but not the same bed.”
Dr. McKenna has long been studying the effects of sleeping with children and their parents, especially its relationship to breastfeeding and sudden infant death syndrome - and notes the benefits of co-sleeping or sharing a bed. In a 1997 study, it was found that “children who routinely share a bed with their mothers breastfeed more frequently and for longer periods during the night compared to children who do not routinely share a bed with their mothers.” This could have a “significant positive impact on infant health as there is near-universal agreement that increased breastfeeding reduces infant morbidity and mortality worldwide.”
But in his guide to safe co-sleeping, Dr. McKenna highlights the importance of educating parents that the adult bed is not designed to ensure the safety of the child and that what is placed on the bed is very important. For example, a child should never be placed on a bed in which an adult sleeps without the child knowing that the child is at his or her side. The child should always sleep with an adult, not an older child like a sibling who may not be able to take on the responsibility of caring for the infant.
He asserts, “Regardless of whether the infant sleeps on the same bed with his parents, in a crib attached to the parents’ bed or in a separate bed, or in the same room with his parents or in a separate room, the same guidelines must be followed for all children: Children must sleep Always on their backs, on firm surfaces, on clean surfaces, with no one smoking next to them, under light (comfortable) covers, and never cover their heads.
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