Here's one song that kept running through my mind as I contemplated writing this post -
Everybody. The chorus repeats, "Everybody, everybody wants to love, everybody, everybody wants to be loved." So, so true.
In Dr. Gary Chapman's book, "The 5 Love Languages," it says, "Child psychologists affirm that every child has certain basic emotional needs that must be met if he is to be emotionally stable. Among those emotional needs, none is more basic that the need for love and affection, the need to sense that he or she belongs and is wanted. With an adequate supply of affection, the child will likely develop into a responsible adult. Without that love, he or she will be emotionally and socially challenged." (You can listen to this book on YouTube).
Dr. Chapman shares a wonderful metaphor to illustrate the importance of feeling loved. He heard this metaphor from Dr. Ross Campbell who is a psychiatrist who specialized in the treatment of children and adolescents.
