grahamg
Old codger
- Location
- South of Manchester, UK
I have this belief that each one of us have some things we know instinctively, and one such thing is we all fear our child being lead astray, or mislead by "strangers" or "others"!
Its hard to prove I guess, whether something we think is instinctive, or something we've learned, but the way I wish to describe it is as I've said in the title, (maybe it doesn't matter so much how its described, so much as whether we agree we all fear our child being mislead?).
All mammals, almost any animal in fact, becomes alarmed when their offspring becomes the subject of interest of some "other" individual. There are plenty of examples in the animal kingdom where the young may be taken from the mother, by another female of the same species, (or the young of another animal may try to suckle, thus taking away the milk from their own young, all threatening your own infants survival).
Its hard to prove I guess, whether something we think is instinctive, or something we've learned, but the way I wish to describe it is as I've said in the title, (maybe it doesn't matter so much how its described, so much as whether we agree we all fear our child being mislead?).
All mammals, almost any animal in fact, becomes alarmed when their offspring becomes the subject of interest of some "other" individual. There are plenty of examples in the animal kingdom where the young may be taken from the mother, by another female of the same species, (or the young of another animal may try to suckle, thus taking away the milk from their own young, all threatening your own infants survival).