Virginia parented in an emotionally disconnected way. She didn’t spend much time holding her baby; she fed the little one propped up with a bottle, not nuzzled close to her bosom. She didn’t rock her, didn’t sing to her, didn’t coo or stare into her eyes or count her perfect tiny toes over and over or do any of the other silly but hugely important things that people with ordinary childhoods instinctively do when caring for a baby.
