文化大不同：你會和孩子一起睡嗎？ The cultural difference: Do you sleep with your babies?

　
Do you sleep with your babies in the same room, or do you sleep apart from your babies?

Parents in the US and UK tend to have their babies sleep in their own rooms after the first six months. Encouraging early independence is consistent with the typical Western cultural focus on individualism. However, in most other societies around the world, babies stick with their parents longer.

Recent research showed that in Sri Lanka and Vietnam, more than 80% of parents tend to share a room, and sometimes a bed, with their babies. They believe that bed-sharing keeps infants close and calms them down during the night.

友善讓你懂｜解說：

　
家長們，你是和你的寶寶睡同一個房間，還是跟他們分開睡呢？

美國和英國父母傾向在寶寶滿六個月大後，就讓他們在自己房間睡；而這種鼓勵早期獨立的文化，與典型西方文化的個人主義一致。不過，世界上大多數其他社會裡，嬰兒與其父母待在一起的時間卻更長。

最近一項研究發現，在斯里蘭卡和越南，有超過80%的父母傾向與寶寶睡在同一個房間，甚至是睡在同一張床上。他們認為，同床共枕能與嬰兒保持親密感，並讓寶寶在夜間平靜下來。

輕鬆帶著走｜學習：

　
be consistent with 指的是「與⋯⋯一致、符合、吻合」，常見於法律用語中。

例句：​​Your statement is not consistent with his statement.
你的說法與他的說法不一致。

本篇其他相關單字，介紹如下：

• apart from　(adv.) 相距、相隔
• independence　(n.) 獨立 
• typical　(adj.) 典型的
• individualism　(n.) 個人主義    
• infant　(n.) 嬰兒