Is there a serious problem in a family if parents and kids never touch each other?

Someone wrote this about their family:

"None of us ever touched each other except sometimes before the age of ten dad would sit me on his knee at a party to stop me running around and crashing into adult guests and I would lean over and drink the white froth off the top of his beer. Mum plaited my hair every morning until I was 12 but this was the only time she touched me."

Is there a serious problem in a family if parents and kids never touch each other?

This is not normal, there have been studies done that prove that children who aren't touched don't develop either psychologically or physically as well as children who are shown affection through touch. Touch is an essential element of life, with out touch we grow up bereft of a basic component of life. You have to remember that a child's first nine months of life are spent surrounded by it's mother's body and is touch on all sides almost from conception. When the child is very young it is held to be feed. Touch is a major part of life. To be left with out it is to be left with out a major part of life. Think about what happens to the elderly when they are left in a nursing home with no one to visits and no one to care for them but physically. They are the ones who usually end up dying first or having to deal with serious illnesses.

Is there a serious problem in a family if parents and kids never touch each other?

It does sound strange. Human touch is an important form of social communication, especially for small kids.

Is there a serious problem in a family if parents and kids never touch each other?

honey i'am so sorry that they didn't show you their love by hugging you and giving a peck on the cheek my family always hug when we see each other and when we leave the house sometimes when we watch amovie on tv we even hold each others hand oh you missed out on so much being able to be held by one of your family members is so wonderful if you was mine i would have held you sorry you missed it

Is there a serious problem in a family if parents and kids never touch each other?

It does seem a bit weird, I noticed it also on your other question. I would say my parents are not very touchy feely but I at least hug them when I am saying goodbye.

Is there a serious problem in a family if parents and kids never touch each other?

In ancient tribes, it would be normal to touch and hve sex with one's children.I t seems white man is such an arrogant self-proclaiming prick that we are living in a world of shite. Probably just a defense mechanism against thr otherr half of th world...commies and stuf. if there were no war we would all live in peace.....

The east is not an evil civilisation, just different, therefore an enemy to us....