>>If that's the case, they're growing up to be remarkably well-adjusted, happy, and (quite) intelligent children despite that supposed deficiency. It's one of

>>If that's the case, they're growing up to be remarkably well-adjusted, happy, and (quite) intelligent children despite that supposed deficiency. It's one of the factors. There are others which you are likely to take care of very well. As to breast-feeding and immune system: http://emph.oxfordjournals.org/content/2015/1/21.short http://emph.oxfordjournals.org/content/2015/1/21.short This requires contact between mother and child when breastfeeding for mother's body to produce compounds in milk in response to infection in a child. >>It sounds like you've been exposed to a very certain, very traditional, kind of family situation. Definitely not. I was raised in a very liberal family with mother having dominant personality. I am an atheists and I hold (and still do) very liberal views on most issues. My views on parenthood are shaped by my experiences and what I observe but obviously that is biased because of my environment and people I've met during my life. It's true that the happiest people with families I know are all at least a bit conservative when it comes to the role of mother and a father (even if very liberal otherwise).