Saturday, March 31, 2018

Evolutionary proof...

...Grandparents: The Storytellers Who Bind Us
This preference for grandparents may be tied to the anthropological concept of “al- ternate generations.” Parents may be more likely to pass on the practical skills of using a machete or avoiding a jaguar, while their own parents pass on the big picture of how a community understands the world and it- self. Other studies have found that relations between grandparents and grandchildren tend to be more egalitarian than the “I told you not to do that” relationship between so many parents and children.

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