In this age of pervasive alienation and loneliness, it is worth remembering the root of all human connection and the template for human love: that is, the mother-child dyad .

That connection begins in the womb, and modern science has brought to light the many different forms in which the in utero connection manifests itself, whether in epigenetics, microchimerism or a dozen other ways. Newborns come into the world recognizing their mother’s voice and scent, and the hormones of attachment produced in both the mother and the neonate cement the bond built over nine months of pregnancy.

Arguably, all human social connections are derived, one way or the other, from this original connection of mother and baby. The dyad is, if you will, the very first human society we join. When this founda

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