> However, it's likely to be correlation rather can causation. Loving parents pass on loving genes.
Emotionally neglected kids have issues even if their biological parents had great "loving genes" whatever it is.
Emotionally neglected kids have issues even if their biological parents had great "loving genes" whatever it is.
(For anyone who thinks it's impossible for loving-ness to be genetically programmed, read about the domesticated silver fox experiment.)
That being said, nothing in my prior comment denied this possibility, I merely expressed uncertainty as to whether it's the primary explanation of the traits we see.
This was super normal after war, when the world was full of orphans. And specifically in UK where the kid could be taken into system easily - sometimes simple because there was only dad or parent was single.
This was super normal when mothers died often. Or when single mothers had to leave their kids with cheap caregivers to work or be in those abusive houses.