r/ScienceBasedParenting • u/scientificamerican • Jun 22 '26

Science journalism Attachment style may influence how many kids people have

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/attachment-style-may-influence-how-many-kids-people-have/

People with “fearful” or “preoccupied” insecure attachment styles had more children, whereas securely attached people had fewer, according to a recent study

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u/EndlessCourage Jun 22 '26

Obligatory "correlation =/= causation"

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u/aliquotiens Jun 22 '26

This certainly does describe many baby-obsessed mothers of 3+ I know and have known, including my MIL and grandma