A recent letter published in The Guardian connected two seemingly unrelated phenomena: actress Rachael Stirling's disclosure that she consumed some of her late mother Diana Rigg's ashes, and a decades-old television moment in which Rigg herself told chat show host Michael Parkinson that she felt an almost overwhelming desire to nibble on her newborn daughter. The letter writer noted the poetic symmetry — "sauce for the goose, sauce for the gosling" — but the science behind Rigg's original confession is worth examining seriously.
Why New Parents Feel the Urge to "Eat" Their Babies — And What Science Says About It
The strange story of Diana Rigg's confession about wanting to nibble her newborn turns out to be backed by real developmental neuroscience. Here's what researchers have found about this surprisingly common parental impulse.
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