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Not sure how much it is related, but I learned how touch has a powerfully lasting impact when I read about babies from an underfunded Hungarian orphanage having
by nashashmi 7y ago
Not sure how much it is related, but I learned how touch has a powerfully lasting impact when I read about babies from an underfunded Hungarian orphanage having lots of health problems later in life because of how little they were touched.
- yibg 7y agoSeems very probable that an underfunded orphanage will have other areas like healthcare, sanitation and nutrition lacking as well. Was there something specific about what you read that related to touch?
- nashashmi 7y agohttps://www.livescience.com/21778-early-neglect-alters-kids-brains.html https://www.livescience.com/21778-early-neglect-alters-kids-... https://www.nytimes.com/1988/02/02/science/the-experience-of-touch-research-points-to-a-critical-role.html https://www.nytimes.com/1988/02/02/science/the-experience-of... This was something I quickly found. I can't seem to find the very article I read however.
- yibg 7y agoYears of neglect is quite a bit broader than just touch. I would expect years of neglect in early childhood to have a long lasting effect on the mental development of kids.
- Wildgoose 7y agoI believe you may be referring to the Romanian orphanages after the Ceasescu communist regime. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanian_orphans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanian_orphans