I totally agree that there are questionable studies on both sides. That said, I’m not aware of any studies supporting sleep training that don’t have glaring issues. I also agree about La Leche League being a biased…
You seem to think only the process of sleep training is bad, but the result is good, so you are focused on one process compared to another. But as bad as the process is, I think the result is much worse--the resignation…
> I am telling you that the two are not equivalent Well, that's where I disagree. I think they are functionally equivalent. > I address the "ignoring" part in my post You address it by claiming that sleep training…
A 'euphemism', according to Merriam-Webster, is "the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant." "Sleep training", in all its forms, means ignoring…
Feel free to change every "you should" to "one should" in your head. I understand that this is a sensitive subject, but there are people reading this thread who are about to become parents, and they need to know the…
I didn't mean to shame the OP, though I can see how it might have come across that way. What I take issue with is the implication of relativism. That as long as you love your kids, it's fine if you just do whatever is…
Who said it has to be a grueling slog? I said do your best, not wear a crown of thorns. I don't think it necessarily has to be hard, but people often make it harder than it needs to be because they're unwilling to make…
Most of it is, but not all of it. My own conclusion (which is not the one I wanted to reach, believe me) was that when you throw out all the bad research, the evidence, while not conclusive, does clearly point more in…
Sounds like you're making excuses instead of stepping up and taking responsibility for the choices you made.
It's true. Yet another hard thing about being a parent is that there is a lot of crappy "research" and advice to wade through (including most of the research claiming to support your view, btw). But there's some solid…
> the "wellbeing of your child" is not really a question Mental health, substance abuse, and suicide statistics, including among the middle and upper classes, would seem to strongly indicate otherwise. > It's possible…
I'll probably get downvoted, but I strongly disagree with this mindset. Raising kids is not a fun hobby or a side project that will fit into a neat little drawer in your life. You have an obligation to do the best that…
Yes, just like a lot of people die in car accidents every year. People have always been willing to take some risk for the sake of freedom and a better life. The lie here is that it's anything other an extremely minor…
It's not surprising that when a disease almost kills you, it (or the medical interventions that saved you) might leave your body in bad shape. But this is being spun to imply that it's a serious threat to people who are…
All the "long covid" stuff is essentially fear mongering. There's no science behind it. The implication is that everyone should be terrified, stay home as much as possible, and wear masks as long as there's any chance…
It's generally a political challenge for a free society to get the power and the megaphones back from the people they were given to during a crisis. After an acute terrorism threat ends, it's hard to get power back from…
Fair enough when you put it that way :)
Lockdowns in the US are theater. Because government can't do much to stop the main driver of the epidemic--people meeting friends and relatives behind closed doors--they ban a bunch of stuff that makes very little…
Why is that more interesting? Reducing severity is just as important as reducing transmission, if not more important. If we could sufficiently reduce (or eliminate) severe cases and deaths, it wouldn't matter how…
Getting in better shape did make it easier, but I think just being naked around others and seeing that no one really cares that much what your body looks like is the more important ingredient. I guess it's a form of…
You may be correct, but since we are dealing with long tail events, I really doubt that we have anywhere close to enough data to make statistically significant empirical statements about bias. You are almost certainly…
I think it's mainly been an experiment in how much the average person will limit their own pursuit of happiness for the sake of lowering the mortality risk of others. The answer appears to be: to some extent, but there…
In other words: no, you wouldn't feel the same. He's a blogger, not an assault victim, but his concerns are similar. Avoiding harassment and physical violence against himself and his family. Avoiding negative…
They don't have to pretend that. But they also don't have to include someone's name when it's not pertinent to the story and could conceivably cause the person harm. It doesn't matter if someone could just Google it.…
I totally agree that there are questionable studies on both sides. That said, I’m not aware of any studies supporting sleep training that don’t have glaring issues. I also agree about La Leche League being a biased…
You seem to think only the process of sleep training is bad, but the result is good, so you are focused on one process compared to another. But as bad as the process is, I think the result is much worse--the resignation…
> I am telling you that the two are not equivalent Well, that's where I disagree. I think they are functionally equivalent. > I address the "ignoring" part in my post You address it by claiming that sleep training…
A 'euphemism', according to Merriam-Webster, is "the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant." "Sleep training", in all its forms, means ignoring…
Feel free to change every "you should" to "one should" in your head. I understand that this is a sensitive subject, but there are people reading this thread who are about to become parents, and they need to know the…
I didn't mean to shame the OP, though I can see how it might have come across that way. What I take issue with is the implication of relativism. That as long as you love your kids, it's fine if you just do whatever is…
Who said it has to be a grueling slog? I said do your best, not wear a crown of thorns. I don't think it necessarily has to be hard, but people often make it harder than it needs to be because they're unwilling to make…
Most of it is, but not all of it. My own conclusion (which is not the one I wanted to reach, believe me) was that when you throw out all the bad research, the evidence, while not conclusive, does clearly point more in…
Sounds like you're making excuses instead of stepping up and taking responsibility for the choices you made.
It's true. Yet another hard thing about being a parent is that there is a lot of crappy "research" and advice to wade through (including most of the research claiming to support your view, btw). But there's some solid…
> the "wellbeing of your child" is not really a question Mental health, substance abuse, and suicide statistics, including among the middle and upper classes, would seem to strongly indicate otherwise. > It's possible…
I'll probably get downvoted, but I strongly disagree with this mindset. Raising kids is not a fun hobby or a side project that will fit into a neat little drawer in your life. You have an obligation to do the best that…
Yes, just like a lot of people die in car accidents every year. People have always been willing to take some risk for the sake of freedom and a better life. The lie here is that it's anything other an extremely minor…
It's not surprising that when a disease almost kills you, it (or the medical interventions that saved you) might leave your body in bad shape. But this is being spun to imply that it's a serious threat to people who are…
All the "long covid" stuff is essentially fear mongering. There's no science behind it. The implication is that everyone should be terrified, stay home as much as possible, and wear masks as long as there's any chance…
It's generally a political challenge for a free society to get the power and the megaphones back from the people they were given to during a crisis. After an acute terrorism threat ends, it's hard to get power back from…
Fair enough when you put it that way :)
Lockdowns in the US are theater. Because government can't do much to stop the main driver of the epidemic--people meeting friends and relatives behind closed doors--they ban a bunch of stuff that makes very little…
Why is that more interesting? Reducing severity is just as important as reducing transmission, if not more important. If we could sufficiently reduce (or eliminate) severe cases and deaths, it wouldn't matter how…
Getting in better shape did make it easier, but I think just being naked around others and seeing that no one really cares that much what your body looks like is the more important ingredient. I guess it's a form of…
You may be correct, but since we are dealing with long tail events, I really doubt that we have anywhere close to enough data to make statistically significant empirical statements about bias. You are almost certainly…
I think it's mainly been an experiment in how much the average person will limit their own pursuit of happiness for the sake of lowering the mortality risk of others. The answer appears to be: to some extent, but there…
In other words: no, you wouldn't feel the same. He's a blogger, not an assault victim, but his concerns are similar. Avoiding harassment and physical violence against himself and his family. Avoiding negative…
They don't have to pretend that. But they also don't have to include someone's name when it's not pertinent to the story and could conceivably cause the person harm. It doesn't matter if someone could just Google it.…