Survival benefits of parental care is well known fact among the mammalians including human beings. Effects of such care is observed with both genetic and epigenetic changes through the generations. The degree of care and impacts of parental genes have resulted in various levels of outcomes. Charak Samhita Sarirasthana 6/13 mentions the possibility of strength in child, if birth takes place in house of strong persons, an indication of genetic relationships. Parental care is associated with family income, education, social status and occupational backgrounds of parents, an immediate environment for any child. Charak Samhita Sarirasthana 1/147 endorses on impacts of immediate environment indicating the coming forth of memory being in touch with intellects.
Recently, a research published in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, Sripada et al. (2022) have observed the link of SER with distributed alterations of brain’s intrinsic functional architecture in youth. Different connections between many regions of brain and their networks were compared with children of upper and lower socioeconomic resources. The study was based on functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) of brain using of Gordon 333 parcel atlas for connectomes.
Parental education is noted with effects on somatosensory and subcortical regions of brain with connectivity in amygdala, hippocampus and striatum. It is important for cognitive and socioemotional development of youth. Parental education is also linked with other factors as cultural impressions, societal needs, available facilities, geographical locations and races. These factors affect the elasticity of brain in terms of learning and relearning.
Parental care is associated with learning process under guidance of parents for adjustment to the environment for suitable future development. It means behavioral reflections and achievements are outcomes of parental care and family backgrounds.