If somebody said to me "don't you think s/he's too old?" I'd say, "Exactly what are you implying?" 
Three out of my four children still sleep in my room with me. Two of them, eight and five years old, sleep on either side of me, and the other, eleven years old, sleeps in a bed next to ours. Up until recently (when he started staying up later than me) the eleven-year-old still liked to cuddle before going to sleep. I have no doubt he'd still be sleeping in my bed if there was room. Seriously, they're children, and I'm their mother. I'm supposed to tell them that they can't be comforted by my physical presence any longer just because they're no longer babies? Whatever! I feel sorry for the kids whose parents push them away before they're ready.

Three out of my four children still sleep in my room with me. Two of them, eight and five years old, sleep on either side of me, and the other, eleven years old, sleeps in a bed next to ours. Up until recently (when he started staying up later than me) the eleven-year-old still liked to cuddle before going to sleep. I have no doubt he'd still be sleeping in my bed if there was room. Seriously, they're children, and I'm their mother. I'm supposed to tell them that they can't be comforted by my physical presence any longer just because they're no longer babies? Whatever! I feel sorry for the kids whose parents push them away before they're ready.








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