Less risk of sexual abuse

Family co-sleeping is often misunderstood as making sexual abuse of children by a parent easier. However, the opposite is true. Parents who develop deep emotional bonds with their children by remaining close by and responsive at night, as well as during the day, are far less likely to turn to abusive behaviour of any kind toward the children they love and cherish. The fact that a child sleeps alone has never been adequate protection against a parent who intends to sexually abuse a child. Having a child sleep alone may even make it easier for one parent to keep such activity secret from the other.

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