Failure to Bond

We seem to be becoming as a society increasingly more narcissistic. Case in point: In another sad story in this morning's paper there is an account of a young mother leaving her baby in the "care" of a boyfriend and even after several incidents of unexplained injuries to this boy, she continued to let this man abuse him resulting in the baby's death. What I found so sad and unconsciounable was that she said that choosing between the boyfriend (who didn't want the boy around) and her child was the hardest thing she ever had to do!!!!!! It seems the lack of a normal biological "bonding" with a child is just becoming more common now.