Boy sleeps with snake?

I was hearing some news today about a young boy and a massive python. This python is his pet, and he rides around on it, cuddles with it, and even sleeps with it. It is a twenty foot long python, and the boy is only six years old.

This is located in Cambodia, and I thought it was pretty interesting. I'm sure most people would be afraid that they would wake up inside the snake after sleeping with it for a night, but this boy seems to have a friendly relationship with the snake, and the snake never does any harm to him. If this was in the United States, the boy would probably be taken away from his parents for allowing such practice, but I think it is interesting how they have this bond.