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 Putting small babies in a separate room away from the only thing in the universe that can make them feel safe is some next-gen dystopian shit. Educate people on how to safely co-sleep instead of giving  them the idea that LACK of physical touch is somehow desired. Babies need skin-on-skin contact 24/7/365 basically until they start wanting to explore the world themselves, at which point they will disengage themselves.  
 I think some of this modern fear-based anti-intuitive parenting is one of the causes for the mental health epidemics we are experiencing right now.