  urlLink Mothering Magazine -- Pillow Talk: Helping your Child Get a Good Night's Sleep : "The subject of child sleep is of interest not only to parents but also to scientists. Entire medical conferences are organized around the fascinating subject of sleep. Medical journals regularly publish the latest scientific data on child sleep.
Unfortunately, not all 'scientific' studies on sleep are correct, and not all self-appointed sleep experts give accurate, child-nurturing information. Too often, cultural biases regarding sleep predominate over genuine biological facts. Many of the so-called 'sleep problems' that parents report in their children are actually the result of rigid and unreasonable expectations that are based on unnatural and unrealistic myths about how children are supposed to be. " 
