Image Credit: Shutterstock/Tatevosian Yana. The debate over whether babies should be allowed to “cry it out” to learn to sleep independently has sparked a divide ...

When you become a parent, sleeping through the night becomes a paramount concern—not just for your baby’s health but so that you can get some rest, too. While some parents are fine with sleep training ...

This piece is part of Scientific American’s column The Science of Parenting. For more, go here. It was 3 A.M., and my seven-month-old would not stay asleep. She didn’t want to nurse. She cried when I ...