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This may sound snarky, but who decides what is common sense? What I think is common sense is earth shattering to some and vice versa. With new parents who did not spend a lot of time around babies, common sense has to be spelled out. Even experienced parents will be thrown for a loop by something that to some should be a plain as the nose on their faces. The idea that new, insecure, unlearned and sleep deprived parents should just know that they were taking a book to far is harsh in my opinion.
Our society does not prepare parents for parenting. Children and babies are props on tv or in movies. In the pulpit you hear how sinful babies are and that you must use the rod to save their very souls. Many Christian parenting experts insist that you must break the child's will at birth or they will end up in jail. If you are a Christian, you have heard some flavor of this most of your life. Add in your neighbor, grandmother, sister, mother or whomever agreeing with this and how are parents supposed to know? What are they supposed to know?