Jack Canfield, Mark Hansen, Amy Newmark. Chicken soup for the soul. 101 best story (№ 357424)

Why fathers are so slow to reach that child eight years of age need to embrace as often as a four year old? <...> Life is too short to hide affection. But why eight-year-olds do not reach that 36-year-old man need to embrace as often as the child of four years?