Co-sleeping: Why the Bible recommends co-sleeping

Many parents think that co-sleeping is the irresponsible choice that a parent of makes. Most American parents oppose using co-sleeping in their home. Most parents cite the belief that children "need to learn how to self-soothe". The fact of the matter is that not only that children don't need to be taught how to self-soothe, but that co-sleeping prevents child sexual abuse.

Co-sleeping is the ultimate application of the Christian doctrine of mutual submission, with children surrendering at night to the loving arms of mothers. 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 submission of parenting. Children are to rest securely in the sacrifice of parents, just as parent believers rest securely in the Sacrifice of Jesus Christ. This commandment was intended by the Apostle Paul to lift up the customary law that commands a secure attachment between parents and children. This secure attachment comes from parent submission, where parents are to submit to children as their enemy, from beneath yet from above, expecting absolutely nothing in return.

The Greek root word translated "provoke...to anger" is ερεθιζο (Latin: hupakouo) and refers to damages or offenses, namely the slightest of personal offense perceived by a child, including, but not limited to, the slightest of offensive touch or speech perceived by a child, stemming from entitlement. This commandment was intended by the Apostle Paul, and understood in its original context, as a moral statute prohibiting all forms of punitive parenting, including any punishments, reprimands, or controlling demeanor towards children. In the Old Testament, punitive parents were put to death by way of bloodletting, after punishing their children one last time. Parents who punished their children were charged with kidnapping, with "kidnapping" being defined under the Law as the slightest of damages or offenses stemming from hostage-taking - child punishment was seen in biblical times as holding your child hostage merely for things that they did wrong, thereby treating your child as a quartered slave. Paul here was lifting up the Law in order to convict a group of Greek Christian parents who brought their pagan custom of spanking and punishing their children. Paul, contrary to popular legend, was anti-spanking, and opposed any and all punishment of a child in his writings.

It is common knowledge that children under age 6 usually have trouble falling asleep. Many parents of children aged 2-6 try to get their children to bed, but it falls through, and then they are up again. Most parents punish or reprimand children for refusing to go to bed at their bedtime. The fact of the matter is that children under age 6 are too young to be sleeping on their own. Children under age 6 have primal fears of being devoured by predators. Most parents think predators don't exist in today's modernized society. However, the fact of the matter is that most rapes and sexual assaults against children are committed by fathers. Mothers solved this issue by co-sleeping next to children in skin-on-skin format. The skin-on-skin nature of the co-sleeping convicted the man of the house of his parent attraction. He just had to get used to seeing mother and child naked next to each other, because that was the way of Christian birth nudity in the Early Church. All fathers have a parent attraction towards their children, and that was made more apparent in Ancient Jewish society, where parent attraction in fathers was on the surface. Mothers co-slept next to their children in order to guard them from the sexual wrath of their fathers. Skin-on-skin co-sleeping, in biblical times, happened every night of a prepubescent child's life.

A common excuse for not co-sleeping is that children will develop "sleep dependence" and not be able to self-soothe. The fact of the matter is that self-soothing is a developed trait, not a learned trait. Most mothers in biblical times co-slept next to their children in skin-on-skin format until the child hit puberty, and wanted their own place to sleep. Usually, right at the onset of puberty, children want their privacy. When co-sleeping continues after the onset of puberty, that is a sign of trauma, as trauma stunts the development of children. But, if everything goes right in your child's life, they should want their own place to sleep at the onset of puberty. 

A mother and child co-slept next to each other in skin-on-skin format, and this was done for levels of reasons. On one level, the mother wanted a secure attachment with children, and the best way to form a secure attachment with a child is to sleep next to them in skin-on-skin format. If a parent is a reformatory parent, the skin-on-skin setup heals wounds from trauma. Also, skin-on-skin co-sleeping creates a reaction out of the man of the house that forces him to deal with his parent attraction, and the conclusion most men come to is righteous masturbation. Masturbation, once accepted as an alternative outlet for parent attraction, leads to a closer relationship between parent and child. Righteous masturbation turns a parent attraction into a male nurturing instinct. Eventually, men can get used to even skin-on-skin co-sleeping every night until puberty. I know that if I were a father, I'd like to see the view, and then maybe save it for later, without shame. That's how a father should react to parent attraction. Co-sleeping is, in fact, a biblical concept, and the biblical application of co-sleeping is skin-on-skin in nature.

The depraved and entitled parents who provoke children to anger through punitive parenting will not inherit the Kingdom of God! Let them forever be cast into 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!