Unter Eltern gibt es kaum ein heißer diskutiertes Thema als Schlaftraining. Der Wunsch nach Schlaf ist groß – die Angst, etwas falsch zu machen ebenso. Wir schauen, was die Forschung wirklich über Schlaftrainings sagt: Wie wirken sie auf Kinderschlaf, die mentale Gesundheit von Kind und Eltern und die Eltern-Kind-Bindung? Zwischen Wissenschaft, Alltag und therapeutischer Erfahrung – ehrlich, empathisch und ohne Dogma.

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