I read something that really touched me this evening in Three in a Bed by Deborah Jackson. Namely that we have come a long way, women now can go for the jobs they want, there is no shortage of childcare arrangements, we live in a modern age. Except for the fact that we give birth to stone age babies whose instincts ask us to hold them close (preferably all the time) day and night and who want to sleep between the two bodies who gave them life in the first place.
This reminds me of when I was reading The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins and I realized that our genes are possibly millions of years old, evolution takes a very long time and our babies will be born expecting the same treatment as if they were born in a jungle, a cave, whatever... So to them being alone means that their life is in danger, no wonder they want to be kept as close as possible.
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