The intensity of these debates has led me to the conclusion that we are living in a time of great fear. I think our young children are paying a price for our reluctance to look at that fear. We damage children when we are scared to touch them.
Humans come into this world with brains built for emotional connection. We are physiologically dependent on it for our survival.
Insights from a range of sciences are now showing that. If we live a life lacking in affection, our spirit withers. If the feeling of being ignored gets bad enough, we die. That was the point of media stories in the past about Eastern European orphanages. The children in them died from lack of love.
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