Lifelong benefits of cuddling your baby

Lifelong benefits of cuddling your baby
by JULIE WHELDON, Daily Mail09:39am 22nd November 2005



Cuddling: vital to emotional wellbeing
It may come as no surprise to parents, but cuddling your baby provides them with social benefits for years afterwards, according to scientists.
They found a clear link between love and attention in the early years and healthy emotional responses in later life.

Children who have been deprived of physical contact as babies have lower levels of social-bonding hormones, the researchers found.

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