Author's parents were very important, strong forces in his childhood. His mother really connects all the parts of the book. He hopes research may lead us to have more respect for our emotions. But i know that ir can be a long battle to change social feelings views. Also a huge gender difference. In my generation, males in particular, were raised and told that emotion was bad. Don't cryo only no, don't be a wimp and cry, or don't even feel suppress your feelings. This whole idea of emotion verse rationalitiis like male versus female, good verses bad. And we have to try to change it, but it's can be an uphill battle.