Why this word is great
MISMOTHERING — [Noun] The failure of an animal to provide maternal care to its offspring or the act of stealing another's offspring to mother it. From mis- ("badly, wrongly") + mothering ("the act of caring for offspring"). Unlike "abandonment" (which implies complete desertion) or "adoption" (which suggests benevolent care), mismothering is the shadow side of nurture—either neglect masquerading as love or love twisted into possession. It is the sow crushing her piglets under restless weight, the cuckoo chick shoving its foster siblings from the nest, or the human mother who suffocates with love—a violation of instinct so profound it blurs the line between cruelty and care, leaving only the hollow shape of what should have been.