[HumblyTossed]

> Probably because parents cuddled their kids to sleep during the lockdowns as a stress reducer for both of them, rather than turning out the lights and leaving the room.

That's a good thing. Child has a need, Parent meets that need. That is a healthy relationship. But... the parent should have worked to ween the child from this behavior back to a normal sleeping situation.

[PsylentKnight]

I think "normal" is relative here. My understanding is that it's mostly Western cultures that consider co-sleeping to be a bad thing.

[avgDev]

From my reading it isn't really good or needed. Cuddling is great but child should learn to sleep on their own.

A parent should not be meeting every want of a child.

[HumblyTossed]

Funny. You translated “need” to “want”. A parent should meet a child’s need. That is absolutely necessary for development. If a child is nervous and needs cuddling, do it.

[avgDev]

Funny, how you are saying that somehow sleeping with your child is a need. It isn't.

[anigbrowl]

It's not a negative either. Large parts of humanity sleep as a family and I'm not aware that it causes any problems.

[HumblyTossed]

Funny how you leave out that the child was stressed in this situation. Exceptions for helping a child through a stressful situation is meeting a need.