As promised, some post ago, I will explain the different languages of love and in a few more post show how you can show love in each of the love languages.
Just like we all have preferences and different tastes, we also show and feel loved in different ways. In the book, “The Five Love Languages of Children” by Gary Chapman and Ross Campbell told of the different languages and how to use them with your partners, children, or anyone in general.
So the first love language I am going to show is, Physical Touch. People who have this language show their love and receive their love though touch. They like being hugged, kissed, or shown any form of physical affection. If they do not receive physical affection, they feel that they are not loved.
There are several ways that you can show love to your family members whose love language is physical touch.
- Whenever your family members leave or come home give them a hug
- For younger children give them hugs and kisses frequently and have them hold soft items to soothe them
- Give your children or other family members high-fives whenever they do something positive, such as being kind, or helpful.
- Remember that children or anyone need to be shown all the languages of love, but more so of their primary language. So just because your child or family members have a love language of physical touch doesn’t mean that they don’t need to have gifts, words of affirmation, quality time, or acts of service given to them as forms of love.
I hope you found this helpful. Leave comments below if you have any more suggestions of how to show love to someone whose primary love language is physical touch.
I will see you in the next post,
Alyssa