Acharya Prashant distinguishes between care and attachment, explaining that true care involves removing obstacles from someone's path, whereas attachment acts as an obstacle itself. He uses the metaphor of a plant to illustrate this: attachment seeks to keep the plant small and confined to a pot, even cutting its roots to ensure it remains 'mine,' while care is willing to break the pot and plant it in the open sky so it can grow to its full potential. He notes that while nature provides mothers with hormonal instincts to protect their offspring physically, these instincts are temporary and meant to ensure survival during the early stages of life. Continuing to act out of hyper-active maternal attachment beyond this period is unnatural and harmful to the child's welfare.