The notion that maternal care and love will determine a child s emotional well-being and future personality has become ubiquitous. In countless stories and movies we find that the problems of the protagonistsanything from the fear of romantic commitment to serial killingstem from their troubled relationships with their mothers during childhood. How did we come to hold these views about the determinant power of mother love over an individual s emotional development? And what does this vision of mother love entail for children and mothers? In "The Nature and Nurture of Love," Marga Vicedo...

The notion that maternal care and love will determine a child s emotional well-being and future personality has become ubiquitous. In countless stories and movies we find that the problems of the protagonistsanything from the fear of romantic commitment to serial killingstem from their troubled relationships with their mothers during childhood. How did we come to hold these views about the determinant power of mother love over an individual s emotional development? And what does this vision of mother love entail for children and mothers? In "The Nature and Nurture of Love," Marga Vicedo...