69 REASONS FOR HUGS AND HUGGING

Humans and primates both have a nature to be clean from any disease and parasites. The way we primates clean themselves is through grooming, the removal of parasites or any object that bother our body. Staying clean help us be happier for we don’t have to worry about how we feel and gives us the ability to be more positive. This ritual has existed throughout history with humans and primates. When we are clean we tend to grab hands and hug with one another. Anybody can see this whenever you see a happy and strong relationship between parents with their children. Another, prove is whenever you see an infant who has a strong relationship with their mother because they are usually the ones who spend more time with their new born child. When both

The important attachment factor is oxytocin between mother and baby. The nipple stimulation that happens when baby causes a hormone called oxytocin to be free in the mother, which in turns trigger milk let-down. The oxytocin makes mother to become intimate with her newborn baby and makes them to attach to each other. Babies can similarly imprint on their mother, deriving feelings of peace and pain reduction along with mother.

Practitioners may use gestures and body language to show the parents/carers that they are always friendly and can be relied on.

Mothers and newborns have a physiologic need to be together during the first moment of birth. Interrupted skin-to-skin attachment between mothers and babies can be harmful and can negatively impact short and long term health outcomes and breastfeeding success. Evidence supports instant skin-to-skin care after the birth, vaginally and C-section, during and after cesarean surgery for all stable mothers and newborns will enhance limitless opportunities for care and breastfeeding. Skin-to-skin contact after delivery is golden opportunity. Many studies validate that mothers and babies should be skin-to-skin promptly after birth. Not only promotes healthier baby and successful breastfeeding outcome, it is also

Our own National Institute of Health confirms that close contact between loved ones, hugging included, can release this treasured substance, resulting in increased affection and trust between participants. In fact, the NIH describes a study conducted by Dr. Kathleen C. Light at UNC where couples held hands for ten minutes; lab results found a correlation between a positive relationship and oxytocin levels. If mere hands could produce such compatibility, I fail to fathom the adhesive reach of hugging. However, as seen in American marriages, love can be temporary, so hugging twice a day will resolutely ensure that no ill will remains between spawn and parents, husband and baby-carrier. If there are any doubts regarding this lovely notion, I am reminded that a certain athlete from Buffalo had notoriously low amounts of oxytocin; I heard it hadn’t fared well for the spouse. Yet, I admit that ensuring the hugs are maintained requires constant inspections; luckily, it will take minimal effort to acquire the necessary workforce.

Firstly, when a child or young person enters the room I always make sure I greet them, making eye contact, saying hello and smiling. I make sure I get down to their level and offer to give them a hug. I try to make the environment they walk into a positive one so they do not feel threatened or intimidated but more welcomed and wanted. I think this is effective as it is becomes a routine they can get used to - seeing me when they walk through the door - and will then instinctively start to say hello back and accept your offer of a hug. I also ensure I am always happy and have a chat with their parent or guardian. I think if the parent and you have a positive relationship the child will pick up on this and start react that way too. I think it’s an effective method to use as they do not see you as ‘the person that takes them away from their parent or guardian’ but instead sees you as a friend of theirs and their parent/guardian.

-Physical contact: when working with young children, adults are often rightly concerned about having any physical contact with them because of issues which surround safeguarding. However, in some situations, it’s appropriate to put an arm around a

can also hug him, kiss him, pet him or talk to him any time you need to.

Another form of education comes from that of parenting. Parenting is the main focus of a young child’s education. If a parent wishes to be an effective parent, they must choose between two types of parenting, strict or not strict. This involves contemplating whether a parent should aim for love or fear in a child. Machiavelli wrote “friendships that are bought at a price, may be paid for but they are not acquired”. The belief here is, giving too much won’t get you anything. This is not true, in fact, by giving support, and in return, being loved by your child, it will encourage their social support, proactivity, and problem focused coping styles (Parental Warmth and Affection). A child will obtain higher self-esteem if a parent gives and thus returns love. In the surveys conducted (Parental Warmth and Affection), this could be displayed through hugs, in 1997, 87 percent of

In 1976 Marshall H. Klaus and John H. Kennell came out with a book called “Parent Infant Bonding”. It discussed their hypothesis that like other animals, there is a brief moment directly following the birth of a child where skin-to-skin contact between mother and offspring creates a strong bond. Although this theory continues to be

I have always felt that the simple action of human touch is an underrated aspect of our lives. Only now, with the advances in neuroscience, we are finally able to prove the science behind why touch is so important in our lives. For the purposes of this paper, I will be focusing on the benefits of touch for infants and small children. I think that a lot of people don’t realize how important it is to have touch in our lives. I have always been interested in the ways the simplest of human contact like a hand on a shoulder or a hug can change people’s lives for the better. It is easy for those of us who have lots of physical touch in our lives to imagine that there are people out there who don’t get any

Do humans think of their parents as warm and comfortable when they look at them? Harry Harlow’s experiment with infant monkeys put this idea to the test to see if humans do rely on the “importance of warm contact” (king,2017), or if it is simply the emotion of loving someone. "Many of the existing theories of love centered on the idea that the earliest attachment between a mother and child was merely a means for the child to obtain food, relieve thirst, and avoid pain” (Cherry,2017). This experiment all comes back to attachment, which is when someone or something will start developing a bonding connection with their caregiver. Harlow's experiments correlate with my past experiences whereby I formed a beneficial attachment by warmth, which is the feeling of being safe and loved.

I feel My Mum start to lift her head from my chest and her arms from around my middle. I have seen this move on television and have deduced, from studying the actors on the show, that this moving of the head means that the crying person is starting to not cry so I wait for My Mum to do the same.

While skin to skin contact promotes bonding between mother and infant, skin to skin contact is very calming for infants. When the infants are calm, and breastfeeding reflexes are well developed, they latch more quickly, which help the mothers have positive maternal feelings. Immediate skin to skin contact between a mother and infant and early initiation of breastfeeding leads to improvement of breastfeeding outcomes.

Parents need to make their children feel that they love children. Saying to children or expressions like an embrace can accomplish that goal. Give them