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resent time spent with them as their parents seemed to. Some nannies X became deeply attached to their young charges despite the fact that these children would not represent a source of status to them, either in the present or even less in the future (who will be invited to degree ceremonies and christenings, or qualify for support in old age?). Surely this commitment must be something to value? And then there is the other side of the coin: surely there needs to be some questioning of what pressures adults still feel to produce children even though they have little desire to care for them?
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Bondi et al. (1995) studied this question.
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