Maggie's Farm

Not to burst the caveman parenting bubble, but one can cuddle, wear, breast feed on demand for years, adore, talk to, love, a child and they may still be diagnosed autistic. Or develop some horrendous problem later in life. It's all genetic...

I am always suspicious of the studies hyping multiple caregivers as they usually include saying that the biological parents don't need to be the primary caregivers of the child. The most telling bit is the last line: the mother saying that she can cuddle her kid and do Facebook at the same time. That's why she wants multiple caregivers, so she doesn't have to do her job as a mom...Sad, really, as even if the baby may be happy being passed around like a football, the mother would probably have been far more happy taking care of her kids those first few years. I know I was. Women have been sold a bill of goods and stupidly bought it: that careers, and material stuff are better than time with our children. The kids know otherwise...