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Encouraging early independence aligns with a typical Western cultural focus on individualism. For that reason, bedsharing can seem to some like giving in to your child, and encouraging them to stay dependent on their parents. But parents with a more collectivist mindset, like Dutta, usually don’t see it that way. “You give them some self-confidence and some independence, they will separate from you on their own,” she says. “They will not stick to you forever.”