Throughout human history and around the world, co-sleeping was the context for human
evolutionary development. Currently, most of the world's peoples continue to practice co …

Emergent themes from this special issue on parent–child co‐sleeping are featured in this
concluding article. Each of the pieces in this collection addressed one or more of the …

The practice of parents and their young children co‐sleeping is a topic of ongoing
controversy and debate. Both physical and psychosocial risks and benefits have been …

Co-sleeping is a complex familial phenomenon that has yet to be well understood by
Western scientists. This paper provides an interdisciplinary review of research from …

This chapter explores the contextualized nature of the constructs of co-sleeping and self-
soothing. Definitions and relevant theoretical frameworks are considered first, followed by a …

Co-sleeping, defined as parents' sleeping with their infants in the same bed or in the same
room, is a widespread parenting practice across the world. In Western cultures, however …

An evolutionary perspective on human infant sleep physiology suggests that parent‐infant
cosleeping, practiced under safe conditions, might be beneficial to both mothers and infants …

Infancy and early childhood sleep–wake behaviours from current and retrospective parental
reports were used to explore the relationship between sleeping arrangements and parent …

We try to keep in mind cultural influences on the advice we give. We remind ourselvesthat
much of what comes to the pediatrician's attention, as problematic sleep behavior-children …

In many cultures, parent and infant co-sleeping is a common and accepted practice. In
countries as diverse as Japan, Italy, and Cameroon, it is expected that infants sleep with …