It's also helpful to know that whatever love language they speak is also the language they are most likely to feel hurt by. Roughly grabbing the arm of any kid isn't good, but it's more devastating for a child whose love language is physical touch. And overly critical words or a harsh tone of voice will more deeply hurt a child whose love language is words of affirmation.

If they're in the 5- to 8-year-old age group, a quiz isn't the way to go because they can't accurately verbalize their love language; instead, the <a href="https://www.5lovelanguages.com/discovery-ages-5-8/">5 Love Languages website offers these tips </a>: Ask him or her to draw or call out some ways parents love their children. You should try not to guide their drawings or answers, limit their responses, or require more responses than what he or she is prepared to give at the time you ask. And if they're under five years old, they probably haven't developed a fluency in one particular love language yet. To be safe, just give them all the love in all the ways.

The concept of the five love languages is probably not new to you. The idea is that we all give and receive love differently-and those different ways tend to fall into five different categories. Where we get tripped up and disconnected, particularly from a romantic partner, is when we give love through our language but they receive love in a different way.

Connect With Your Kids By Speaking Their 'Love Language'

Eric Mitchell