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Sleep training for your kids: Why and how it works

  • Written by Ryan Anderson, Researcher, Child Psychology, University of Pittsburgh
Getting a baby to fall asleep can be exhausting.Marcos Mesa Sam Wordley/Shutterstock.com

For thousands of years, mothers have sung lullabies to help their babies and children fall asleep. In more recent times, gadgets and devices have been invented and marketed to help the tired child – and weary parent.

One of these devices has been linked in...

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