According to various studies, the maternal grandmother is very special for grandchildren and the reasons are different, let's discover the many reasons for this link
Don't store avocado like this: it's dangerousThere is a rumor that maternal grandmothers are more special to grandchildren than paternal grandmothers and to confirm this they are several studies including the one led by Karen Fingerman, professor of human development and family sciences at the University of Texas, according to which mothers and daughters feel more compared to mothers and sons or fathers and daughters.
Precisely by virtue of the strength of this bond, i children of mothers would warmer relationships with maternal grandparents, as underlined by a further study focused on the so-called "matrilineal advantage" in relations between grandparents and grandchildren.
Furthermore, according to Fingerman, the relationship between daughter-in-law and in-laws influences the bond with his children more than the relationship between son-in-law and in-laws. This especially affects the bond that is established between grandchildren and paternal grandparents, influencing it positively or negatively depending on the case.
He would also talk about the special bond between maternal grandmother and grandchildren Alejandro Jodorowsky, according to which it is written in the DNA: the mother's mother exerts a greater emotional influence on all of us at a genetic level. According to the Chilean essayist and artist, author of the book “Metagenealogia. The family, a treasure and a trap “, the emotions experienced by pregnant grandmothers are transmitted to their daughters and from the latter to their grandchildren. This does not happen with the father, which is why the paternal grandparents would be less emotionally attached to the grandchildren, a theory that however is not based on scientific grounds.
Ultimately, comparing the studies cited, it would appear that the bond between maternal grandmother and grandchildren be more strong due to the greater bond that usually exists between mothers, compared to that between a father and his parents, not as intimate.
However, it is clear that much depends on the type of family ties, on the good or bad relationships between grandparents and genders or daughter-in-law, and on a whole series of dynamics that change from family to family.
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Fonte foto: Carmen Mok, Grandmother’s visit
