Question

Should the offspring be equally altruistic to their parent, as the parent is to the offspring? (in terms of altruism and kin selection)

Answer 1

The social bond between parents and offspring is characterized by the coadaptation and balance between altruistic and selfish tendencies. The one who have alturism characterized by acts with no apparent benefits for the individual who performs but that are beneficial to other individuals.

Parent altruism implies the positive effects of parental income on their child outcomes. Parents and their offsprings show alturism equally. But some case, alturism is more observe in parent to offsprings than children to parents. Generally altruistic children have at least one parent (usually the same sex) who communicates altruistic values.

Evolutionary theory suggests that, humans to be more altruistic towards genetically more closely related kin, and the asymmetric parental altruism hypothesis predicts mothers to provide a higher share of parental care than fathers.