Righteous co-sleeping: Why the Bible recommends co-sleeping

Many parents think that co-sleeping is the irresponsible choice that a parents could make. Most parents insist that children sleep in their own bed from day one. However, the Bible, as understood in context, recommends co-sleeping. Co-sleeping can, in fact, be a protective factor against child sexual abuse.

The doctrine of mutual submission is, at the core, a child surrendering into the loving arms of mothers, including during co-sleeping. The doctrine of mutual submission is spelled out in Colossians 3:20-21 KJV:

Children, obey your parents in all things: as 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 parents. This word ultimately refers to a secure attachment between parent and child. This secure attachment comes from parent submission, where parents are to submit to their children just as they would to God, from beneath yet from above, expecting absolutely nothing in return.

The Greek root word translated "provoke...to anger" is ερεθιζο (Latin: erethizo) 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, but not limited to, any punishments, reprimands, or other 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 into the church. Paul, contrary to popular legend, was anti-spanking, and opposed any and all punishment of a child in his secular writings. Paul may not have gotten along with the women of the church, but he sure loved children, and even took in a few orphaned children during his time. Indeed, Greco-Roman fathers got out the scourge of cords in order to punish their children, but NOT the Christians among them - the Early Christians were persecuted largely for being "too soft" on their children.

It is common knowledge that children aged 2-6 often refuse to go to bed on their own. This often leads to the children being punished for bedtime refusal. However, children refuse to go to bed because they aren't ready for sleeping on their own. During the first 6 years of childhood, children have a primal fear of being devoured by predators when isolated in a room alone. Many parents think there are no predatory dangers, but they would be wrong. Most child sexual abuse occurs when the child is alone, isolated in a room. But, with co-sleeping, the mother is right there. The mother, in biblical times, laid down in between the children and their father, using herself as a human shield if the father ever decided to rape or sexually assault the child.

Many parents avoid co-sleeping due to the fear of children becoming "sleep dependent". In biblical times, children co-slept next to their mothers in skin-on-skin format. But, this co-sleeping had an end to it. This co-sleeping lasted all the way until the onset of puberty, which was when children wanted their own place to sleep. Children have an internal clock where they learn self-soothing on their own. Until then, they needed mom to soothe them enough to get to sleep.

Skin-on-skin co-sleeping was the tradition of parenting in biblical times. This tradition brought out the true colors of fathers. Usually, fathers were attracted to their daughters, and daughters likewise, in mutually unrequited format. Mothers redirected her man to masturbation, and if he refused to do something besides rape and sexually assault his child, he was on the way out, meaning the threat of divorce loomed, until the end of the marriage came.

Skin-on-skin co-sleeping was the main means of mother-child bonding in biblical times. Children were comforted by the warmth and sustenance of the mother's bosom. This formed a primary secure attachment with mothers, with a secondary secure attachment being made with fathers. Mothers nurtured up close, and fathers from afar. 

The depraved and entitled parents who provoke your children to anger through punitive parenting will not inherit the Kingdom of God! Let them be cast forever 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 day and night forever and ever! Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!