I read this in "Shutting out the sun"

[radha]

"...Long beyond infancy, many five- and six-year-old children continue to sleep in the same bed with their parents." :S

This is nothing out of the ordinary or cause for concern, though.

Hopefully, this wikipedia entry explains why: Amae - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


By such mollycoddling of children, mother obligate their children to take of them in their old age. For just as the mother carries the child as infant, it is hoped the adult child will carry the parents.