MOTHERS fall out with their teenage kids because they stop liking the way they smell, according to new research. A mum’s nose is extremely sensitive to changes in her offspring’s odours…
MOTHERS fall out with their teenage kids because they stop liking the way they smell, according to new research.1Credit: Getty - Contributor
Babies are well known to smell pleasant to their mothers, and it is also established that children change the smell they give off during their teen years. Researchers in Germany analysed 164 mothers who were tested with body odour samples of their own and four unfamiliar, sex-matched children who varied in age from infants to 18 years old.Strong body odour
Crucially, more pleasant odours tended to be classified as prepubescent even when they came from older children.Lead author Dr Laura Schafer, of the Dresden University of Technology in Germany, said: "This study reveals that children's body odours are an important factor affecting the mother-child relationship, and hints toward its importance for affection and caregiving.
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