Conscious Parenting

Co-Sleeping, Public Policy and Parents Civil Rights, New Video

By Lisa Reagan, Editor

Co-Sleeping – The Full 18 Minute Interview with James McKenna, PhD from Kindred Magazine on Vimeo.

Dr. James J. McKenna, PhD, director of the Mother-Baby Behavioral Sleep Laboratory at the University of Notre Dame shares:

– The science and history of co-sleeping,
– The need to define the terminology
– Why public policy is based on social norms instead of science,
– Why public policy is unethical, as it withholds information about cosleeping
– WHY THIS IS ALL GETTING READY TO CHANGE AS BREASTFEEDING RATES INCREASE
– And how parents can become empowered and stand up for what is essentially a civil right: to make your conscious parenting choices according to science and not unethical public policy and uninformed social norms.

Watch the individual and shorter sections of this video interview below:

1.  Defining Our Terms: Co-Sleeping and Bedsharing, Watch Video

2.  How Science and History Support You Sleeping With Your Baby, Watch Video

3.  Co-sleeping Safety Guidelines, Watch Video

4.  Co-Sleeping: Public Policy and Parents Civil Rights, Watch Video

For more information on co-sleeping, including a complete inventory of FAQs and articles, visit Dr. McKenna at the Mother-Baby Sleep Behaviorial Laboratory, University of Notre Dame.

Film videography by Keith Reagan.

Lisa Reagan, James McKenna, PhD, and Kathleen Kendall-Tackett at the More then LATCH conference in Chesapeake, Virginia, February 2013.
Lisa Reagan, Editor

Introduced as a “force of nature” by Cassandra Vieten, IONS president, at the first Mindful Motherhood Conference in NYC in 2011, Lisa Reagan’s passionate dedication to empower American activists, professionals, and families to envision and create a Wisdom-based, Wellness-informed Society has led to the founding of multiple inspired nonprofit initiatives and collaborations since her transformative motherhood initiation in 1997.

Lisa’s Mother-of-a-Quest began with co-founding a grassroots organization of Wayfinders, Trance-breakers, and New Cycle Makers fiercely intent on protecting American’s children with educational initiatives to counter the country’s freefall to the bottom of all developed nations’ wellness indicators. Today, Kindred World is an award-winning nonprofit whose vision and mission are more relevant and critical than ever.

Integrating a quarter century of cultural transformation insights into grounded Wayfinder Wisdom, Lisa currently shepherds Kindred World in carrying out its ongoing nonprofit work through multiple initiatives and partner collaborations, including:

The Evolved Nest, a virtual learning center featuring the award-winning science and research of Darcia Narvaez, PhD. Lisa and Darcia collaborate on the creation of virtual educational outreach projects of the Evolved Nest, including the short film, Breaking the Cycle, Mighty Networks discussion groups, as well as monthly live discussions. Darcia Narvaez is ranked among the top two percent of scientists worldwide. Her research into humanity’s Evolved Nest reveals our “evolutionary pathway to wellbeing”. Darcia currently serves as Kindred World’s president.

Kindred Media is an alternative media platform championing a New Story of the Human Family. Lisa serves as Kindred’s executive editor, working with contributors to create podcasts, interviews, special feature series, and the expansion of Kindred’s New Story Glossary (because a new story needs new language). Kindred’s innovative media platform allows the many Kindred World initiatives and partner collaborations to interact and integrate personal stories, shifting worldviews, and cultural transformation victories. Our challenge, to bring visibility and coherence to cultural transformation, is achieved through Kindred Media’s holistic storytelling strategies.

The Meet the Wayfinders Oral History Series was produced at the request of La Leche League International for their 65th Conference in 2021. This series integrates both Kindred’s many years of tracking unheralded victories of cultural transformation as well as introducing the concept of Kindred Activism, which explores both how the activists were successful in their quests and how their wayfinder advocacy can be duplicated.

Lisa continues to steward Kindred World’s original vision of a Wisdom-based, Wellness-informed Society as the award-winning nonprofit serves an international following, expands collaborations with partners, and welcomes new volunteers and board members. To discover the ecology of Kindred World’s initiatives, visit www.KindredWorld.org.

Read Lisa's full bio on Kindred: https://kindredmedia.org/about/lisa-reagan-kindreds-editor/

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  1. Katie says

    Thank you so much for this! I had a VERY colicky baby that lasted until he was 5+ months. The first night I decided to let him sleep in my bed (out of desperation because we both just needed to sleep!), he slept SO much better! He was immediately a MUCH happier baby and he has slept in my bed ever since. Of course, I have been cautious of the same things mentioned in this video that make it safe, and I feel like it has been one of the best decisions I’ve made with any of my kids yet! At his checkup yesterday, the doctor asked what I did to help him get better and I told her, knowing that she wouldn’t approve. I was right, she gave me the “babies die…” lecture and told me I need to start teaching him to sleep in his own bed alone. This video is great encouragement to support what I felt all along!

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