Article: 'FAMILY BED' OK FOR KIDS

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'Family bed' ok for kids

LOS ANGELES, Aug 14, 2002 (United Press International via COMTEX) -- Bedsharing between parents and children under 6 has no positive or negative effect on the children's subsequent development or behavior, researchers report in the first long-term study of the practice.

"The study was powerful enough to find effects if they were there. We found no effects. So we need to step back and look at pronouncements saying that the practice is harmful," said lead author Paul Okami, a human sexuality researcher and lecturer in psychology at the University of California, Los Angeles.

"Many experts and organizations, including the American ...

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