Some children desperate to be physically touched

Recent research conducted by Strathclyde University shows that some children in residential care in Scotland are so desperate to be physically touched they will seek out physical restraint, because they are unlikely to receive any other form of human touch.

source: Article < Children's commissioner: Rules on touching 'wrong' > by Emma Cowing; www.scotsman.com/news/education/children-s-commissioner-rules-on-touching-wrong-1-2960417; Scotsman.com; 9 June 2013