In my SEA culture, parents sleep with their babies, meaning a crying baby will immediately find a teat to suckle on while the mum sleeps on.
We also are very physical with our babies, hugging and picking them up immediately when they cry. Every able bodied adult and even older siblings, grandparents, aunts, uncles will also do this for you. Our babies grow up well adjusted and have good emotional attachment with their parents and extended family.
I mean, that sounds like it’s should be self-evident but sometimes people are stretched too thin by the nuclear family or even single parent expectations of Western society to realize they can’t do it on their own. Worse, the expectation of one parent per child means if you don’t have existing family, you don’t have a chance at being a parent unless you give up your life.
To be fair, it seems that all too often a baby with these issues turns out to have a genetic issue like Autism which is the source of their distress rather than anything the parents can relieve.
In my SEA culture, parents sleep with their babies, meaning a crying baby will immediately find a teat to suckle on while the mum sleeps on.
We also are very physical with our babies, hugging and picking them up immediately when they cry. Every able bodied adult and even older siblings, grandparents, aunts, uncles will also do this for you. Our babies grow up well adjusted and have good emotional attachment with their parents and extended family.
lol I don’t think you intended it be but literally the second comment on the post is shaming parents which is what this article is discussing.
Says the weak parent with a non sleeping crying baby. Maybe you should be shamed?
lol imagine writing and posting this comment.
I mean, that sounds like it’s should be self-evident but sometimes people are stretched too thin by the nuclear family or even single parent expectations of Western society to realize they can’t do it on their own. Worse, the expectation of one parent per child means if you don’t have existing family, you don’t have a chance at being a parent unless you give up your life.
To be fair, it seems that all too often a baby with these issues turns out to have a genetic issue like Autism which is the source of their distress rather than anything the parents can relieve.