Body Contact With Your Children
A friend of mine share with me this statistics:
The bonding you have with your children descends from 100% to 0% as they grow.
- 100% Body Contact - When they are infants, you have a 100% body contact. Mom and dad carry them in your arms. You can touch them, kiss them and caress them.
- 80% Body Contact - When they are around 12 to 15 months, they can walk on their own, they need less of you to hold. The percentage of body contact is descending as they grow older.
- 5% Body Contact - This is a stage you can still hold their hands with your palm and 5 fingers.
- 1% Contact Contact - You cannot touch them. You can only use 1 finger to point at them when they do what parents think are wrong.
- 0% Body Contact - Rebellious kids will not allow parents to point at them, and parents can only use their mouth to vent their anger at them. And they may ask parents to “Shut Up”
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