Wheatley Family Fellow Jenet Erickson was quoted in a New York Times article covering recent discussion on federal family legislation. Erickson, who previously co-authored an essay in 2021 with Vice President JD Vance emphasizing the importance of stay-at-home parents, reiterated the natural capacities of mothers to bond with their children.
"We cannot get away from the fact that a child is hard-wired to bond with mom—they know her smell, they know her heartbeat, they know her voice. I just think, why should we deny that?"