Moms Are Sharing A Story About “The Dangers” Of Rocking Children To Sleep, And Every Parent Needs To Read It

if you never listen to your child when they talk to you about the little things, they'll probably not talk to you about the big things. you can't have too much love, too much time, too many hugs. It's all we've got.

Let´s be honest... We all might be 40yo or even older... but we always need our mom´s or dad´s arms.

Not cuddling your kids and teaching them to be independent from when they are babies is a totally western ideology for me. I have a friend who refused to breast feed or cuddle her kids because it would make them too attached to her. Also, her kids slept in their own bedrooms from the day they were born and she forbids them from getting into bed with her no matter what goes on with them. Every time they cried at night, she would ignore it as much as possible, because according to her, picking them up teaches them to cry for attention. Now, a few years later, she has no relationship with the kids whatsoever and they want to be with anyone who gives them the love and affection they missed. Love, cuddle, and kiss your kids as much as you can. Be their rock because they surely need one. It’s a nasty world out there and a lot of times it’s the parents’ love that we need, no matter how old.

I don’t think it’s possible to “give a child to much love”. I wish my parents had comforted me more, instead mine yelled at me whenever I felt down, saying I was being a baby and to get over it. Eventually I suppressed all emotions that came my way and I isolated myself from everyone. I did however, open up to one person and he became my best friend, later my husband. I no longer isolate myself because I am getting more love from my hubby and his family. However, my father passed and my mother is more angry than ever at the world and even though I had tried to help, she still is angry. So I think that it’s good to give a child all the love you possibly can pour from your heart. Otherwise they’ll end up like I did, isolated and depressed and trying to kill themselves several times. This generation needs love, and lots of it.

When my son was less than 6 months old, his pediatrician asked if he slept through the night on his own to which I said "No." He then proceeded to brow beat and badger me and my husband as to the importance of my son sleeping on his own. I told him anytime we attempted to do so, the child would cry himself to the point of hyperventilating. I was made to feel like a horrible mother because I couldn't get him to sleep through the night on his own. Turned out..my son had ASD (diagnosed when he was 4) and we had told the doctor from the beginning that he was not developing like other kids. His reason for it..too much coddling, not enough discipline. For all his education and experience, the person that finally told us what was most likely wrong with our son was my old elementary school recess teacher. Go figure! I never went back to that doctor and, eventually, my son slept on his own through the night when he was about 6.