Children are born to attach to a caregiver. They are reliant on that caregiver for years and years — far longer than the young of almost any species on Earth. (Just ask your neighbors about that basement apartment occupied by their 20-somethings.) Without a responsible caregiver, they wouldn’t last a day, let alone a lifetime. Our children need us, and their brains are wired to make sure they stay close to us. So, when a 2-year-old has faced separation all day when she goes to day care and then experiences separation again at bedtime, her young brain goes into panic mode. And that young brain is built to take her to the parent, over and over and over. she will begin to sleep on her own, but not because you trained her to do it. She will sleep on her own because she is confident you are there in every way.
Posted on: Wed, 31 Dec 2014 01:29:02 +0000
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