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Strypey
@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz  ·  activity timestamp last week

"... we found that individual levels of empathy – not gender – were the strongest predictor of how intensely the brain’s “parental vigilance” network activated. Caring is a skill that is honed through practice, and it physically reshapes the brain of any dedicated caregiver, male or female."

#NicolasMathevon, 2025

https://www.rnz.co.nz/life/relationships/family/what-babies-cries-really-tell-us-and-why-maternal-instinct-is-a-myth

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RNZ

What babies’ cries really tell us – and why maternal instinct is a myth

"The next time you hear that piercing cry in the night, remember what it truly is: not a test of your innate abilities or a judgement on your parenting skills, but a simple, powerful alarm."
Strypey
@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

"How mothers are 'gaslit' into suppressing their 'completely normal' anger"

#RuthBarber, #ABC News, 2025

https://www.rnz.co.nz/life/relationships/family/how-mothers-are-gaslit-into-suppressing-their-completely-normal-anger

Not just mothers either. Solo dads experienced similar kinds of normal frustration and anger about the situation we've been put in, and it's even more pathologised.

RNZ

How mothers are 'gaslit' into suppressing their 'completely normal' anger

Experts say maternal anger isn't just a normal response to impossible expectations: It's a vital sign about what mothers need — and aren't getting.
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