What age are kids no longer cute?

The answer? The big drop-off in cuteness appears to happen around age 4 1/2 -- between preschool and kindergarten. Men and women rated infants as more likeable and more attractive than toddlers, who, in turn are rated as more attractive than young children.

psychologytoday.com - At What Age Do Babies Stop Being Irresistibly Adorable?

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When our baby was six months old, I couldn't walk down the street without stopping to accept a compliment. Baby was something of a local celebrity or a minor deity. Donuts, stickers, sunglasses, an invitation to the front of a line -- these were some offerings from the infant's admirers. Ten months have passed, and now she's a toddler. To me, she's as cute as ever, and she still receives planty of kisses and waves from strangers. But, I've got to face it -- she doesn't attract the solicitous stop-in-the-street simpering that she did in her first year.

How much longer until everyone stops thinking she's irresistibly adorable?

This question happens to be the subject of a new study on children's faces. A trio of psychologists-- Lu Zhu Luo, Hong Li, and Kang Lee -- in China and at the University of Toronto, recruited 60 men and women and showed then a large sample of children's faces ranging from infants to 6-and-and-half-year-olds. The participants were asked to rate each face's likeability (How much do you like the face?) and attractiveness (How attractive is the face?). The researchers wanted to know if younger kids would be given higher attractiveness ratings than older kids -- and, if so, at what age is the cut-off happen between irresistibly adorable and merely cute?

What is it that happens to 4 1/2-year-olds?

Their facial structure changes, according to the Luo and his colleagues. Infants have a special set of features, such as a protruding forehead, a large head, a round face, big eyes, and a small nose or mouth. As a species, we have evolved to be attracted to these features and find them adorable. These cues make us feel soft and protective, whether or not we're biologically relatives -- which, in evolutionary terms, increases the likelihood of a baby's survival. (Indeed, studies have found that infants that have tiny eyes, flat foreheads, and square faces, for instance, are less likely to receive attention.) Our tendency to prefer infantile faces even extends to infant faces of other races. Facial cranial growth is gradual, as is a child's independence from constant care-giving. Children's faces lose some of their universal babyish appeal right around the age that they don't need it anymore (to survive) -- early childhood. Incidentally, a four to five year interval may be the amount of time our hunter-gatherer foremothers waited before giving birth to their next baby. *If you like this blog, click here for previous posts. If you wish, check out my new book, Do Chocolate Lovers Have Sweeter Babies?: The Surprising Science of Pregnancy.

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How do I read my soul mates palm?

A deep, straight line reflects a long lasting and strong union. If the line is very long (ending beneath the ring or middle finger) it is said to represent your 'soul-mate'. A line which dips downwards suggests a bullying or domineering partner. A line which turns upwards suggests a partner who is rich or successful.

cosmopolitan.com - How to predict your love life using your palm

Did you know you can analyse your relationship history and future simply by reading the lines on your palm?

Firstly, flex your dominant hand a few times and then hold your palm facing you, with your fingers slightly bent. Zoom in on the area directly underneath your little finger, and examine it in a natural light if possible. You may see one or more horizontal lines or creases running from the side of your palm underneath your little finger - these are your relationship lines, and represent the particularly close bonds you will have with others throughout your lifetime. Most people have between 1-5 lines, and it’s interesting to check both hands. Your dominant hand will reflect the relationships which actually happen, and your other hand indicates the potential for new ones. The state of each line’s end (the end is closer in towards your palm, rather than at the edge of your hand) is said to reflect the nature of the relationship.

For instance:

A deep, straight line reflects a long lasting and strong union. If the line is very long (ending beneath the ring or middle finger) it is said to represent your ‘soul-mate’.

A line which dips downwards suggests a bullying or domineering partner.

A line which turns upwards suggests a partner who is rich or successful. A fork at the end of the line predicts a relationship with a sudden ending. A line which looks more like two parallel lines very close together suggests you may live separate lives. Some say that if there are vertical lines branching directly from a relationship line, these represent the children from that bond, or significant things created together.

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