The male child is attracted sexually towards his mother and the female child towards her father, albeit subconsciously.
Read more about it at these links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oedipus_complex (Attraction of male child towards his mother)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electra_complex (Attraction of female child towards her father)
And who was Sigmund Freud? Well he is regarded as the father of psychoanalysis….
More at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmund_Freud
Ramneek Maan Singh