Can we please be clear that sleep training and locking kids in their rooms should only be done as a last resort. And if you do lock your children in their bedrooms then at least leave a potty in their rooms.
I have some bad childhood memories of bedtime battles and spending hours on end lying in bed pretending to be asleep and having to face the terror of waking up from a nightmare alone because I didn’t want to get told off for being awake in the night.
Flagging that “sleep training” and “locking kids in rooms” are pretty different things. I don’t think “last resort” applies to the former, if done well and compassionately
Can we please be clear that sleep training and locking kids in their rooms should only be done as a last resort. And if you do lock your children in their bedrooms then at least leave a potty in their rooms.
I have some bad childhood memories of bedtime battles and spending hours on end lying in bed pretending to be asleep and having to face the terror of waking up from a nightmare alone because I didn’t want to get told off for being awake in the night.
This is something that I’ve only needed to do with kids under 2, still in diapers. For older kids we talk.
Flagging that “sleep training” and “locking kids in rooms” are pretty different things. I don’t think “last resort” applies to the former, if done well and compassionately