 and leads to a host of physical and mental health problems such as high blood pressure, obesity, diminished immunity, alcoholism, suicidal tendencies and depression. Adequate social contact, in this context, includes ongoing relationships that are not (significantly) abusive or neglectful and that provide psychological support and acceptance. Not only children’s health, and that of individuals who are ill or disabled, but everybody’s, depends on being in some personal relationship(s). Further, she claims, individuals’ emotional, linguistic, and social abilities also depend on enough social contact.