Then it becomes ugly!

The first question that people ask when they see the cute insert of my baby picture at the corner of the cover of my book is, "Oh, you look so cute as a baby." And the standard reply is "and we all grow ugly after that!"

We all see pictures of little children and videos of baby birthdays and such, we never fail to appreciate how cute our offsprings are and perhaps see how well or badly they have turned out eventually.

Babies are made small, helpless, cute and cuddly for a particular reason - survival! A small, visually pleasing object has a better chance of being protected in times of adversity than an ugly repulsive one!

That rule probably does not apply to his flesh and blood. For his mother, the maternal instinct would guarantee his safety no matter what - she would run into a burning building or jump into a lake even if she knows next to nothing about staying afloat. Like Amma used to say, "To a crow, her chick is still a golden chick."
P.S. The collective noun for crows is murder!