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"Are we all secretly co-sleeping?": article discusses opinions on co-sleeping, and the work of academics researching parent-infant sleep behaviour.

Co-sleeping is increasingly discussed online and amongst parents. In the UK, the advice is that parents should be told how to bedshare safely, even if they don't intend to do it - just in case. Elsewhere in the world, parents are just told not to do it. This article discusses why people choose to bedshare; an American health professional's opinion on bedsharing; social media as a source for advice; and the work of academics - such as Professor Helen Ball's - in normalising co-sleeping.

Read the full article here.