Given enough intimacy and comfort with somebody, we naturally devolve into more animalistic, child-like states, communicating more physically, more playfully, growling, chirping, moaning, etc. Our rational states serve as protectors—if not needed, we readily dispose of them.
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Yes, children especially need the physicality, the embodied attention. Even saying “I love you” to a child is not nearly as communicative and powerful as a hug.