Why co-sleeping is the core of Christian parenting

Many parents oppose co-sleeping for various reasons. The most common practical reason is that children might "become dependent" on maternal support when sleeping. Co-sleeping is the central focal point of Christian parenting, meaning parenting by the Bible and it's context, and there is no getting around it. Mothers sleeping next to their children is the natural order of things. Get used to it.

Children don't stay stagnant in their development. Even children with autism eventually grow out of the habit of sleeping next to mother to get to sleep. I was actually 16 when I broke the habit, shaking my mother off to that degree, and then started sleeping all by myself. Most children start younger, like around ages 10-13, when they want to be grown up and sleep in their own room.

Christian love is what should motivate sleeping next to your child to lull them to sleep, with Christian love being denoted by the Greek root word αγαπαο (Latin: agapao). This means being convicted of your child's every vulnerable need, then putting children first, and parents last, to the point of dutiful and selfless submission to children and their every vulnerable need, expecting absolutely nothing in return from children or others, with children resting safely and securely in parents. See Colossians 3:20-21 KJV:

Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord. Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

The Greek root word translated "obey" is υπακουο (Latin: hupakouo) and refers to secure, vulnerable rest in the love and grace of parents. This form of surrender to parents isn't a fearful form of surrender, but instead restful surrender into the loving arms of parents, being able to tell them absolutely anything and everything that is on your mind, and being able to vent upset and frustration into them, with parents merely being milking-objects to use. Parents are extensions of Christ serving God through their children. Parents are bondservants beholden to their children's every vulnerable need, righteously enslaved to such duties from conception until independence Sleeping next to one's child actually fosters independence by giving them a chance to be their dependent selves, allowing quick passage of the developmental phase.

tThe Greek root word translated "provoke...to anger" is ερεθιζο (Latin: erethizo) and refers to damages or abuse, including child abuse. These damages include the slightest of personal offense perceived by the child, including the slightest of offensive touch or speech perceived by the child. The Apostle Paul here was lifting up the Law on punishment and controlling demeanor towards children, rebuking Greek Christian parents who had a punishment habit towards children. Being a punitive parent in biblical society was dealt with severely, with parents who dared to be controlling with their children, or punish them, being put to death for kidnapping/grand theft. All seven of the rod verses in Proverbs are repealed verses, meaning verses that are only relevant to the cultural and legal context of the time. This is because the passages in question do not refer to "biblical spanking" but to a dated form of judicial corporal punishment closely conflated with the death penalty in Ancient Israel - the 40 minus 1 lashes with the rod of correction, as a final warning before putting a law-breaking ADULT child to death, with adequate due process leading to a criminal conviction before a court of law. MINOR children could not be whipped for anything, as they were not held culpable for criminal acts or civil wrongs that they committed, as they were deemed incompetent to stand trial due to the defense of infancy (John 7:24). The Early Church forbade Christians from participating in Roman floggings or executions, with corporal punishment being reserved for consensual mutual accountability between spouses. Striking a child was seen as pure witchcraft.

Co-sleeping is crucial for any child aged 0-6, as very young children often refuse to go bed. This is because children up until age 6 have fears of being away from an attachment figure, namely a parent, out of fear of predation. Children up until age 6 never left the side of mothers in biblical times, ranged beside her by day, sleeping next to her by night. This was to protect children from predators, both human and non-human. Fathers had parent attraction to children, and children usually snuggled up next to mothers at night to allow mothers to guard them. 

No sexual abuser preys on children when they are sleeping next to their mother. Not if they don't want to get caught. There is no fury quite like a protective mother, and sexual predators, even within a home setting, know this. Children know this too, hence why they refuse to go to an isolated room where they can easily be cornered and preyed upon.

Co-sleeping in biblical times was very natural and primitive in terms of setup - both the mother and the children were completely naked, head to toe, and this served to lower the level of attachment to equality, meaning parents related to their children on the child's level, and "grew up with" their children. Skin-to-skin bonding and closeness served as a safe respite for children. Children younger than age 6 were in constant closeness with mothers, whereas children older than age 6 were pretty free range, but surrendered to closeness and intimacy with mothers, with children needing parents less gradually until adulthood...This context may be a bit dated, but most of it can be applied today, maybe with some tweaking.

The depraved and entitled parents who provoke children to anger will not inherit the Kingdom of God! Let them be cast in to the lake of fire and burning sulfur, which is the second death prepared for Satan and his accomplices! Let them descend into the abyss which is the ever-burning Hell of fire and torment, suffering God's Wrath forever and ever! Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!