I realize this may come off as a bit insensitive but isn't this taking away a chance to bond with your child? Children not being physically held enough at young age has lifelong implications
There are high-tech child-rearing trends that I suspect might be doing harm, but a rocking bassinet probably isn't one.
The lower-tech equivalent of this is a toddler being raised by a tablet or a smartphone. Not necessarily because the content is harmful, but because it's neglect - just like leaving a kid in front of a TV back in my day.
Bedtime stories seems unnecessary. Like there is no shortage of good books out there. Plus, I would feel a sense of loss if I didn’t get to do pirate voices when reading treasure island.
Tutoring … lol. Those kids must be better behaved than mine if they can be trusted to do that sort of thing autonomously.
Having a Snoo doesn’t mean you never hold your child. Newborns provide many such opportunities. You don’t need to take them all. See the comment above about a newborn that needed this for 6 hours a night for months.
> Children not being physically held enough at young age has lifelong implications
Citation needed? This is the sort of thing that people use to argue against sleep training, too, but I don’t believe much evidence has been found for that.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4088358/
https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.0504767102
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7502223/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9599775/
https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203758045
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8250458/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33924970/
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-662-67860-2_...
Contact deprivation in infants is a thing though.