I looked at my niece this morning & remembered how she would let her grandparents, parents, aunts, uncles, & yaya carry her or feed her but not other members of the family who she rarely sees. There must be something that makes a baby discern when to calm down or when to cry when carried by someone. I think this is Trust. And because it is something akin to a basic instinct pre-loaded in us from the minute we are born, it is something that once broken is very hard to get back.
So maybe that is why for any relationship to work, trust should be present. Trust makes kisses sweet. And it's trust that makes your niece cling hard to you when she's hurt, scared, or just sleepy.
good analogy :)
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