Then and Now.
Grandparents are often surprised and sometimes shocked at their own children s parenting practices.
But it s actually common today for parents to sleep with their babies and even cart them off to adult social events. This is indeed very different from how grandparents themselves were raised and how they raised their own children. Grandparents should be aware that these differences did not just emerge on a whim. In fact, most are based on knowledge accumulated over the past 3 decades from research in child development and parents observations and experiences. Emotional Security Most parents today are primarily concerned with the importance of raising an emotionally secure child.