"Speak your mind!" Song He encouraged her.
"There's a saying that mothers often love their children more than fathers do, because childbirth involves excruciating pain. After enduring so much hardship to have a baby, they naturally cherish the child more," Fan Tao said.
"The Infant Incubation Pod eliminates this process. Could that lead mothers to love their children less?"
"That's a sharp question. You're weighing mothers and children on the same scale—are we easing the mother's suffering, or reducing the child's love?" Song He smiled. "I have a better solution: put the parents and child all on the scale!"
"What?" Fan Tao asked curiously.
"Some Postpartum Centers offer special experience programs that use electric shocks to simulate the pain of childbirth. Wives send their husbands over so they can experience it," Song He explained.
"If a couple chooses the Infant Incubation Pod, then when the incubation is complete, they can undergo the electric-shock pain simulation. That would both avoid the physical harm and danger of childbirth and let them experience how difficult it is to bring a life into the world, making them cherish the child more!"
"Besides, the situation you mentioned still requires further research. If the pain of childbirth is truly necessary and really affects how much parents love their child, then it shouldn't be mothers alone who experience it. Fathers could be required to experience it as well."
"If the pain is unnecessary and has little effect, then both parents can skip the process."
Fan Tao was convinced and nodded repeatedly. "It sounds feasible! It's a bit like sharing blessings and hardships as a married couple!"
"Fan Tao's question has been resolved. Who's next?" Song He scanned the crowd.
"Cost!" Lu Chengen raised his hand. "There have been domestic and international plans involving related technologies. Although no