I think it is very interesting how physical contact can affect people. When you are a child having contact with parents is really essential. There was a example given of a hospital with two nursery's with babies. These two different nursery's had two very different results. In one wing, the majority of the Babies would stay healthy and be able to home with their mothers. In the other wing, most of the babies would get very sick, and even not live. The doctors could figure out why there was such a difference between these two nursery's. They tired everything they could think to change the situation, they rotated the doctors, nurses, even the janitors. Nothing made a difference.
Then one night a doctor went into the nursery with the more healthy babies, and he saw and elderly woman cleaning there. She would clean for a little bit, and then she would pick up one of the babies and hold it and talk to them. Then she would clean for a little bit, and repeat the process with another baby. After seeing that, the doctor changed that woman's shift so she was working in the other nursery.
There was a significant change in the health of the babies. The babies in the nursery she was moved got more healthy, and the one she was moved from got worse.
Do you think this woman was magical? Or was it because of the physical contact she was giving the children?
Babies and children are affected more by physical touch than we all realize. Those babies were more immune to sicknesses just because they were given that small contact. It can also affect the way they behave and act toward others.
If you are a parent, hold your children and show them that you love them. It could improve with health and their behavior.
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