Over and above the various Psych theories, it is important to remember that these "experts" are seeing primarily people who do not function "normally". It is a mistake to take a behavior seen in a person with problems and assume that the same behavior in a "normal" person will lead to problems. Let's face it, there are some people who may use co-sleeping and even breastfeeding for less than positive reasons. An "expert" may see a pervert who has a child in the bed for lewd purposes and then extrapolate that it is having the child there that causes or is part of the problem, therefore noone should ever have a child in bed with them. That is as far fetched as saying that because a pervert may like pizza, for example, that liking pizza is a sign or even cause, of perversion! (Puts a whole new twist on being "crazy about pizza" doesn't it?) Winnie *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html