Do women have a natural instinct to help them raise children?

Or, is the female body structured in such a way as to help them raise the child, or are they equal to men in this regard?





Overall question:- Do women have physical advantage over man to help them raise children?Do women have a natural instinct to help them raise children?
I doubt it.





Men and women over all, to me, are both equally nurturing. That's really the basic instinct for taking care of children. Knowing they need you, they're at a huge disadvantage and you're there to protect and guide them.





Men do this all the time in friendships and personal relationships, but since it's not directly related to children, I think this BS about it being natural for women but not men still lingers.





Ever seen a huge guy step in when a little guy is about to get pounded? To me, that's the same instinct as what we feel toward children.





Ever seen a kid on a bike going toward the street? Notice how fast a man and woman will both run to catch them? There's no difference.





Most *people* have that care-giving/protective instinct. It's clear in so many scenarios, I don't know how some people miss it and still believe it's just inherent to women.





Just look at men with their kids, re really any kids they care for/love, if anyone would say they're not as nurturing as women, I'd...smack 'em %26lt;3 haha





Just physically, I can't see anything about women that gives them any advantage once the baby's born, beyond breasts capable of feeding.Do women have a natural instinct to help them raise children?
There are certain attributes that nature has given women that are geared solely to women being the natural caretaker. One of course being breasts. We were made to feed our young by giving them the breast. Breastfeeding builds closeness and a special bond between mother and child as well as giving the children antibodies and immunities that go from mother to child. This bond generally translates itself into a nurturing instinct and a more patient loving mother.





Unfortunately, somewhere along the line, starting in the '20's and getting more and more popular as time went on, it became ';wrong'; to breatfeed ones children, thus breaking that bond and destroying the natural way to build one's nurturing nature. Also women are build for endurance, rather than brute strength, which also helps with the caretaking of children.
I'm not quite sure, but in my opinion I think there is such a thing as ';maternal instinct';, and I don't think as many fathers have a ';paternal instinct'; as often as mothers do.





I think women do have some sort of advantage as far as raising children goes, but at the same time I think it's just as important to be a good father as it is to be a good mother. You need both halves of the whole.
Nope





and in reality men have more patience when it comes to parenting.





women neglect children more often than men





women kill children more often than men





women abuse children more often than men





women sell children more often than men





women prostitute children for sex more often than men





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Besides mammaries, no. It is the act of caring for children that develops one's nurturing traits. Mothers might spend more time with their children, getting to know them, what works in terms of parenting and what doesn't. There was a paper that talked about how when mothers are unable to participate in parenting during the first few weeks of their child's life (due to medical complications), the fathers who are required to be more intensively involved in parenting than usual end up displaying the same nurturing behaviour that is often associated with motherhood.
Not all women do. I for one am not the stay at home parent my husband is. Him and I both know that he is better at raising children than I am. He is more patient with the kids than I am. So with that being said I think it depends on the person. But as far as a physical advantage goes I would say that women have that, for the simple reason that women give birth and protect them while in the womb.
I think women are more inclined than men to be interested in spending long periods of time with children. Also they seem to be more in tune with their needs. For instance, I always hear the children if they call, whereas my husband quite often doesn't. I notice things about them more than he does.
I do not think women have a physical advantage, but I do think hormones produced aid with emotional and a physiological advantage.
yes and so do men....bu instincts alone are not enough..instincts that are honed and developed are employed more successfully than innate instincts that havent been developed in an individual
Whatever natural instinct there is for raising children got left out of my gene pool. I'm childfree!
Some do but not all. Maternal instinct? That just means to nurture and not hurt.
Yes that is what theyre purpose in life is.
Yes, we have breasts that produce milk.





i hear some men do, but it's rare.