Michael Jackson

[kellyann1293]

Sleeping with little boys when you are in your 40s is inexcusable,

I know you said "sleeping" but some people say "sleeping" when they mean "having sex". Did you mean sleeping as in catching some ZZZZ's? I can't imagine someone would think there is something wrong with that?

Was going to blast you for second but then I realized you were being sarcastic. At least I hope so.

I was not being sarcastic. Your inclination to "blast me" only exposes your ignorance of the subject matter at hand. such practice is known as cosleeping and is common in many cultures. My intent was to go in the direction of such behavior merely being a cultural habit but after some reading I'll go a step further and say it is our western disapproval of such practice that is at the core of our tendency to dysfunction.

The following study entitled: "SLEEP HABITS IN NATIVE BRAZILIAN TERENA CHILDREN IN THE STATE OF MATO GROSSO DO SUL, BRAZIL" http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=s...8000500001 includes the following conclusion.

"Theoretically, we conclude that the sleep habits observed, so characteristic of the Terena, reflect social-cultural traits. Cosleeping with numerous family members, in the same bed and in the same bedroom, evidence the importance of family links in the culture of Terena values; also, the architecture of Terena bedroom perfectly adapts to these family links. This culture is absolutely distinct from the contemporary urban western culture, including the Brazilian one, in which main values are attributed to individuality. Such urban western culture is reflected in the sleep habits requiring individual bedrooms, individual beds or individual TVs, even during early childhood, to the point of considering other alternative sleep habits as inexistent or inadequate. Therefore, Terena values emphasize strong family links, distinct from urban values, which emphasize individuality."

My conclusion is that a lot of our problems in our western society as a whole are rooted in this drive away from family values and toward individuality. Just look to the youth who gravitate toward street gangs to fulfill, in part, this desire for security of family. This emphasis on individuality in our western culture is a brief aberration when compared to the whole of human history. I'd say we are the screwed up ones. But that will be hard for some to see because of their inability to step outside the box that imprisons them.

We're not talking about family co-sleeping here. I sure as hell wouldn't let my children sleep in your bed, WTHS's bed, Michael Jackson's bed, Farrah Fawcett's bed...