Assertion: touch | /r/HasProperty | important
Facets:
value: as security
type: MANNER
value: for long-term wellbeing
type: PURPOSE
value: as food
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Why is touch important?
text: Touch is essential for babies’ development for their physical, emotional and eventually social health.
text: Early research on rhesus monkeys that were deprived of actual physical comfort from their mothers gave us a tremendous amount of insight into why touch is so important.
text: For long-term wellbeing, touch is as important as food and security.
text: Tactile learning and touch is essential for a child’s growth in physical abilities, cognitive and language skills, and even social and emotional development.