Trace,

Our society has slowly been changing to where there are more single mothers that have to work and a lot more children are not getting the nurturing they need growing up. There has also been an increase in parents both working and dropping their children off at day care at very young ages. Also, there has been an increase in parents having nanny's so the parents can have "their" life. I remember when I was at an event where the families could afford this lifestyle and one mother who had her little son in tow looked at me and said, "Ugh, my nanny is not here, tell me, what do you do with IT?". Can you imagine that? This woman was clearly very disconnect with her own child.

As bad as that is, the problem I ran into as a mother who made it a point to be a good mother and nurture my child is that my child was "different" from other children and often got confused by the lack of direction and ability to "care" and "connect" like she could do. She did not understand the "detachment" she came across, also she often found herself nurturing others because of how her friends did not have that with their parents. So, a child without good nurturing can get hurt and struggle, but a child with good nurturing can get hurt and struggle with piers that lack ability to "care" too.

I think it's even worse now, seriously, when have we ever come across these incidents where parents "forget" their children and they end up dying in hot cars like it is happening recently? What is the point of having these Mc Mansion homes if there isn't enough time to be home and enjoy it as a family? One town I worked that had a lot of these type homes and was known to be more upper middle class actually had a high divorce rate where a high percentage of these families lasted about 3 years until divorce.
And look at the horrible problem we are having with heroine where the number of deaths from overdoses has become a very big problem with today's young teens and young adults? Look at the problems that teachers have been having with students that refuse to listen or respect the teachers. Today, in a lot of areas it's worse because children are being handed out to be raised more and more.

I have done my own little study to see if parents really know where their children are developmentally. I have found that a lot of parents are clueless about child development. Even with all that has been discovered and the information available.

You are right, it definitely makes a difference when the mother is not "there" for the child, and the link you posted explains what happens as a result too. I had noticed this so many years ago. I went without so I could be "there" for my daughter, some mothers however can't even do that because they are the only provider.