It helps, but this could be solved with increased affection for your children specifically, so I don’t think it’s the actual motivation for the trait.
The core is probably several things, but note that this bias is also part of a larger package of traits that makes someone less disagreeable. I’m guessing that the same selection effects that made men more disagreeable than women are also probably partly responsible for this gender difference.
I say it out loud: Women seem to be significantly more predisposed to the “humans-are-wonderful” bias than men.
Probably an evolutionary adaptation that (usually) prevents them from killing their 3 years old children.
It helps, but this could be solved with increased affection for your children specifically, so I don’t think it’s the actual motivation for the trait.
The core is probably several things, but note that this bias is also part of a larger package of traits that makes someone less disagreeable. I’m guessing that the same selection effects that made men more disagreeable than women are also probably partly responsible for this gender difference.