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"...I'm not sure what's done in nature is always the best analogy. We SHOULD as humans be able to apply our larger brains towards more effective parenting strategies."
There's a lovely phrase from a paper in reference to the tug-of-war between biology and brain:
"the tension between predisposition and self-control".
When biology predisposes us in a certain direction, *some* humans (maybe even many or most) will be able to overcome it. But never, never all. Put a mother through a terrible birth, prevent normal bonding, stress her financially, then offer her an "out", and she would say she *is* using her brain if she accepts the offer, when what she's really listening to is biology.
Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC, LLLL Ithaca, NY USA
www.normalfed.com
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