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S1: When is the last time you touched your child?

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S2: Doctor Gary Chapman with a love language. Minute.

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S1: Studies indicate that many parents touch their children only when

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S1: it is necessary, when their dressing or undressing them, putting

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S1: them in the car or carrying them to bed. It

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S1: seems that many parents are unaware of how much their

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S1: children need to be touched. And yet touch is one

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S1: of the primary languages of love. The language of touch

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S1: is not limited to hugging and kissing, but includes any

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S1: kind of physical contact. Even when they are busy, parents

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S1: can gently touch a child on the back, arm or shoulder.

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S1: Perhaps physical touch does not come natural for you. Take

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S1: the first step. Pat your child on the back. Do

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S1: it for seven days and then try a hug. You

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S1: may be surprised at your child's response.

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S3: Gary Chapman is the author of The Five Love Languages.

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S3: For more, go to five Love Languages.