基于大脑机制的亲子教养（翻译三十三）

While early development sets the stage for being a caring person, the actual process of becoming a parent promotes hormonal changes that help to shift the brain from a primary focus on one’s own resources and competencies (i.e., the all-about-me phases of adolescence and young adulthood), which is developmentally appropriate, to an intensive focus on caregiving.

虽然早期的发展为成为一个有爱心的人奠定了基础，但成为父母的实际过程促进了荷尔蒙的改变，这有助于将大脑从主要的注意力集中在自己的资源和能力上转移到深度教养上。

While this hormonal “priming” of the brain for parenting is much more variable in fathers than in mothers of different species, becoming a dad also changes the brain in many species, at least enough to keep the fathers from harming their own infants (Veenama & Neuman, 2008).

虽然父亲的这种荷尔蒙“启动”在父亲身上比在不同物种的母亲身上更有变数，但成为父亲也会改变许多物种的大脑，至少足以让父亲不伤害自己的婴儿。

In some species, including humans, both mothers and fathers undergo powerful brain changes that shift the brains of both from other preoccupations to a keen interest inprotecting and nurturing the young.

在包括人类在内的一些物种中，母亲和父亲都经历了强大的大脑变化，这使他们从其他职业转变为保护和养育后代的强烈兴趣。