Attachment and parenting
![Photo of an adult chimpanzee sitting on grass in a forest with a young chimpanzee clinging to its arm while looking around.](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/b32cc254-8f7d-4e79-add6-4b51b377cbb3/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
Animals
idea
Chimpanzees correct cultural biases about how good mothers behave
A philosopher observes chimpanzee mothers and their infants interact, realising how cultural our ideals of motherhood are
by Maria Botero
![A woman crouched on a beach with two young children. One tugs at her from behind, the other strains against her grasp towards the water.](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/95d9f537-693b-4436-a0a9-d931954876e8/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
Parenting and families
idea
Why parenting books are not really written for the parents
Parenting books are not really for parents but for the people writing them, and speak more to their own lives than our own
by Olga Mecking
![Two people sitting in a café together but with faraway expressions, with city visible outside; inside, other patrons are seen.](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/691e7f00-f38e-49f7-bc8c-511c1c5efd6d/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
Love
guide
How to be more secure in your relationships
Too clingy – or too scared to commit? Your attachment style is rooted in your childhood, but you can change it
by Graham Johnston & Matt Wotton
![Abstract drawing of a woman holding a baby, featuring exaggerated body proportions and yellow accents on a white background.](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/c96de3b3-ffb2-4a22-bc44-4c1dc2178d20/postpartum-landscape-4-v2.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
Parenting and families
film
‘Suddenly you are here’ – a breathless, hilarious ode to new motherhood
Directed by Henriette Rietz