bonding

Thus far, my quick research in the parental bonding area that I spoke of yesterday has resulted in a possible genetic link for warmth for one’s offspring. Environmental influences for bonding or imprinting on one’s child are so high that genetic factors don’t seem major though possible. The question remains. How do you explain the bonding that occurs so quickly when a parent connects with their adopted child?

When parents hold a child in their arms is it qualitatively different when the parent realizes this is the child they will raise as their own? There is so much to human consciousness and perception that doesn’t fit into a physicalism model.