The Family Bed Holds More Than a Biological Family

This is a shoutout to all those who helped raise me

Author and her four chilldren

In the early 1980s, my pediatrician urged my then-husband and me to never allow our children into our bed at night. It was deemed physically and emotionally unhealthy for all parties concerned. But as a woman who rarely did what she was told to do, I didn’t heed the warning even when craving much-needed sleep. Truth be told, I…