power

[joanna bujes]

At 06:56 PM 12/04/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>I suspect response to a baby crying is hard-wired. I have seen research
>results that show parents are usually highly reactive to their own kids
>cries, more highly reactive than random outsiders.
>
>I do not feel like getting all sociobiological about the point,a nd I am not
>paying enough attention to fully fit this into the discussion, but babies cry
>for lots of reasons. I assume the ones who make their parents / caregivers
>respond better to their needs probably survive better. People who do not get
>how this is power MIGHT learn by spending more time around crying babies.

My sister is a social worker who works with abused children and she will 
attest to the fact that not much is hard-wired. I will spare you the gory 
details but simply assert that a crying baby has no power.

Joanna