Some characteristics of parent - child contact ;ire described and ways of their improvement, found during psychological correction, are proposed. These characteristics are connected to nonverbal intercourse of an adult and a child. Examples of bodily differences between child and adult hampering contacts are given. General peculiarities and individual cases of child's body behaviour are described. Knowledge of parent - child contacts enables an adult to learn how to effectively associate with one's child. It is also the basis for psychological correction of such a contact.