Applied anthropology teaches us, then, that with an aware, motivated, and engaged adult as part of the pair, bed-sharing may be quite safe. Flat recommendations on where infants should sleep are far less helpful to new parents — and their children — than are careful contextual analyses of this sort.

This is a good balanced perspective on this often contentious issue. Accidental infant death is horrific but knee jerk reactions aren't helpful.

The way to teach a child to listen the first time you say something is to show them, consistently, that you'll take action the minute they don’t listen. So if your "change" is to put your child in timeout, do so as your first action, not as your last resort. If it's to speak firmly, do that right away. You. Do. Not. Wait.

Simple. Effective. Makes sense right?