>>82076398 (OP)Misplaced maternal instincts.
Women are foregoing having kids so they do not compromise their careers or life goals, and as a result they wind up treating other things like babies to fulfill their instinctual need to to take care something.
The previous trend, Stanley Mugs, you see this in full effect where women would "dress up" their mugs with accessories and other attachments.
And now you are seeing it with Labubu's