There have been several studies that suggest that physical touch is necessary in order to live. There also have been studies that PROVE that a child that has been deprived of the very important aspect of human touch or compassionate touch will be less compassionate towards others in their life time, more emotionally isolated, and more prone to lashing out in inappropriate ways of touching such as bullying or sexually. Also studies have shown that if you take out the physical aspect of encouraging then the verbal aspect will loose all of its power. "Eliminate the physical touch and any verbal contact loses its power. We cannot reach out to people unless we reach out wholly. It is like the difference between a supportive phone call and a hug."* How easy would it be to just give someone a hug and possibly save them from a life of regrets? Just a simple hug two seconds out of your day but it might be something they had never experienced.
*http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/the-importance-of-physical-touch-1628
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