If your 3, 4, or 5 year old wakes up in the middle of the night and runs straight for your room — and bed-sharing is the only way anyone gets back to sleep — you've probably already tried things like reward charts, firm limits prizes, but nothing worked. Here's why those don't actually reach the root of night waking, and what does.

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