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Re:The unusual ways Western parents raise children by gamblor956 on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @04:50PM (#26256521)
We have three kids and we sleep trained them. (Not a pediatrician, standard disclaimer.) This article calls it an ‘extreme’ practice.

Sleep training appears to be standard for all the parents I know, in the U.S. and otherwise. I think it's more likely that the author of the article has extreme views on parenting that they're tying to impose on others.

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Re:The unusual ways Western parents raise children by leipert on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @05:03PM (#26256683)
Not necessarily standard in Germany. Some literature explicitly calls it out as cruel, parenting books coming from the US recommend it

Mileage varies, know of one couple who did sleep training and had success with it.

Other couples shared a bed with their kid until it was about two and when they moved to a different apartment they took the opportunity to explain: hey you have your own room now.

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