Grandmaternal Love
Grandmothers feel grandmaternal love when their grandchild is happy.
And the happier the grandchild is, the stronger the love that a grandmother feels. Grandmaternal love is similar to maternal love.
Grandmothers stop feeling grandmaternal love when a grandchild is almost 3 years old.
Grandmothers begin to feel grandmaternal love when their grandchild is born. Grandmaternal love continues until a grandchild is 33 months old - when its first set of teeth have fully erupted. Grandmaternal love stops at 33 months to encourage grandmothers to prepare for another grandchild when the current grandchild can eat without assistance.
Grandmothers continue to feel affection.
Grandmothers do continue to feel the weaker positive emotion of affection when they see or hear their grandchildren. This is mistakenly believed to grandmaternal love.
In addition to being weaker, affection motivates grandmothers differently. Love rewards a grandmother for a grandchild's happiness. Affection just rewards grandmothers for being in a grandchild's presence - whether the grandchild is happy or not.
Grandmothers also continue to face the threat of grandmaternal grief.
Although grandmaternal love ends at 33 months, the threat of grandmaternal grief never ends. If a grandchild dies before it's grandmother, the grandmother feels grief.
Grandmaternal love causes helpful conflict between mothers and grandmothers.
Love does not cause conflict between mothers and fathers. While mothers love their children, fathers do not. Men may feel monogynic love, but not paternal love. Mothers want to make their child happy and fathers want to make mothers happy.
Love causes conflict between mothers and grandmothers because they love the same child. Both are highly motivated to make the child happy. The competition helps the child by delivering the best of both - the energy of the mother and the wisdom of the grandmother.
And the happier the grandchild is, the stronger the love that a grandmother feels. Grandmaternal love is similar to maternal love.
Grandmothers stop feeling grandmaternal love when a grandchild is almost 3 years old.
Grandmothers begin to feel grandmaternal love when their grandchild is born. Grandmaternal love continues until a grandchild is 33 months old - when its first set of teeth have fully erupted. Grandmaternal love stops at 33 months to encourage grandmothers to prepare for another grandchild when the current grandchild can eat without assistance.
Grandmothers continue to feel affection.
Grandmothers do continue to feel the weaker positive emotion of affection when they see or hear their grandchildren. This is mistakenly believed to grandmaternal love.
In addition to being weaker, affection motivates grandmothers differently. Love rewards a grandmother for a grandchild's happiness. Affection just rewards grandmothers for being in a grandchild's presence - whether the grandchild is happy or not.
Grandmothers also continue to face the threat of grandmaternal grief.
Although grandmaternal love ends at 33 months, the threat of grandmaternal grief never ends. If a grandchild dies before it's grandmother, the grandmother feels grief.
Grandmaternal love causes helpful conflict between mothers and grandmothers.
Love does not cause conflict between mothers and fathers. While mothers love their children, fathers do not. Men may feel monogynic love, but not paternal love. Mothers want to make their child happy and fathers want to make mothers happy.
Love causes conflict between mothers and grandmothers because they love the same child. Both are highly motivated to make the child happy. The competition helps the child by delivering the best of both - the energy of the mother and the wisdom of the grandmother.
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