Cute Kids and Survival of the Fittest

So after reading this article, I had a thought. And of course, I had to have just watched a show about Australopithecus so I was already in the "theory of evolution" frame of mind.

Not everybody's kids are cute, but we all think our own kids are cute, regardless. And usually we think our kids are the cutest, no matter what. I've never really thought about it before, but I have a theory. Someone has probably already studied this, and proved it, but I'll claim it as mine anyway.

We must be inherently programmed to think our own kids are the cutest in order to help them succeed in life. Because if we, as parents, think our kid is the smartest/cutest/strongest kid in the world, then we're going to bring them up as such and give them a better chance at survival. Survival of the fittest at its finest, I'm sure.

There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it. ~Chinese Proverb