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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casomorphin https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casomorphin Children are quite literally addicted to mom early on. Its much more bi
by devmunchies 9y ago
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casomorphin https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casomorphin
Children are quite literally addicted to mom early on. Its much more biological than simple "positive reinforcement". Nature won't leave the survival of a child to chance, or it at least tries to tilt the odds.
- jacobolus 9y agoOkay fine, but is there evidence that other caretakers can’t form similar bonds that birth mothers might form by age 3 or whatever? Many children grow up in adoptive houses, or are largely taken care of by someone other than their birth mother, and go on to have entirely normal productive lives. The poster I was responding to seemed to be making a more expansive claim but it was hard to really tell, so I was trying to figure out exactly what he meant.