Do you kiss your child on the lips?

Participant · 12 Jul 2016 at 19:34

This has to be one of those that's entirely down to what an individual is comfortable with.

I've got no problems doing it (assuming there's no snot running down their nose at the time). If anything it's normally a challenge to persuade my child to hug me, let alone kiss me.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-36775203

What I cannot ever imagine doing, is castigating another parent for kissing their child on the lips, even if I thought it was odd (which I don't). Another to the list of 'people I don't agree with that social media has given a voice to'

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Richdog · 12 Jul 2016 at 19:36

The fact that this even poses a question to our society is a sign of how far we have fallen in the last couple of decades. I don't know any other Western country that would agonise over something like this, in fact most I know would shake their head in sad disbelief.

We are becoming a paranoid, hyper-politically correct, degenerate nation all at the same time.

Terminal_Boy · 12 Jul 2016 at 19:37

Richdog said:
The fact that this even poses a question to our society is a sign of how far we have fallen in the last couple of decades.

Yup.

Sliver · 12 Jul 2016 at 19:40

I remember being about 5 and my mum told me to go to bed. It was the norm to kiss mum and dad goodnight, but this one night when I went to kiss my dad, he stopped me and said: 'Lets just shake hands.'.

Afterwards I never kissed either of my parents, I just said 'Goodnight' and went to bed.

Thought I'd share.

Malevolence · 12 Jul 2016 at 19:44

Nothing wrong with it at all, bar it being embarrassing for the kid in question. Or was that just me?

Good job the media didn't latch on to Steven Gerrard in the same way though.

Richdog · 12 Jul 2016 at 19:44

Sliver said:
I remember being about 5 and my mum told me to go to bed. It was the norm to kiss mum and dad goodnight, but this one night when I went to kiss my dad, he stopped me and said: 'Lets just shake hands.'.

Afterwards I never kissed either of my parents, I just said 'Goodnight' and went to bed.

Thought I'd share.

If you ever kissed your mother or father again at only 5 years old then that is quite frankly a tragic story of emotional repression.

Amnesia · 12 Jul 2016 at 19:45

"It's nice but you're not supposed to kiss you're children on the lips. I'm not trying to be rude but it's true,"

Where does it say this and which weirdo wrote it ?

Sliver · 12 Jul 2016 at 19:46

Richdog said:
If you ever kissed your mother or father again at only 5 years old then that is quite frankly a tragic story of emotional repression.

I'm not repressed though so your assumption falls on deaf ears my friend.

Richdog · 12 Jul 2016 at 19:51

Sliver said:
I'm not repressed though so your assumption falls on deaf ears my friend.

Uhuh...

Efour · 12 Jul 2016 at 19:55

i kiss other peoples children on the lips .........but not my own.

Jambo · 12 Jul 2016 at 19:55

I think it's weird personally.

Sliver · 12 Jul 2016 at 19:55

Richdog said:
Uhuh...

Err, Yuhuh.

Are we grunting instead of conversing now sir? lol

Sliver · 12 Jul 2016 at 19:56

Efour said:
i kiss other peoples children on the lips .........but not my own.

Ban !

Richdog · 12 Jul 2016 at 19:56

Jambo said:
I think it's weird personally.

Tell us, what is exactly "weird" about it? because the only way it could be perceived as "weird" is if you sexualise (and by that I mean think of them as sexually active beings) children.

Doogles · 12 Jul 2016 at 19:56

Efour said:
i kiss other peoples children on the lips .........but not my own.

pepsilol · 12 Jul 2016 at 19:58

Pretty odd IMO.

The type to do it are probably the type to do it out of just proving a point or something like. Not particularly someone to socialise with or entertain.

a1ex2001 · 12 Jul 2016 at 19:58

I really don't care each to there own it's just society once again trying to impose it's warped image of right and wrong onto people. If she and her daughter are happy to kiss like that then so be it it is neither wrong nor right just one of those things!

MooMoo444 · 12 Jul 2016 at 19:59

Efour said:
i kiss other peoples children on the lips .........but not my own.

Participant · 12 Jul 2016 at 20:01

I can only assume that the 'it's weird' camp are not parents. Absolutely tragic that people think this is odd.

DaleTheWhale · 12 Jul 2016 at 20:07

Not weird and perfectly normal for families to do so... I still can't escape some of my aunties after a leaving kiss!

ANDD...

I clicked the mumsnet link and wtf?

"I'd be uncomfortable with kissing anyone but DH on the lips.

I hug my DC because we aren't kissy types... blah blah.

Same with the DGC."

"I'm not a fan of kissing or hugging at all(unless it's DP or DC)."

DH = Dry Humping?
DC = Down Central?
DGC = ????
DP = Oh comon...