Kissing your parents

[Barrister]

I kissed my kids on the lips when they were little.  Now (oldest 14, youngest 11) it cheeks/forehead.

But I'm not going to apologize for kissing my kids.  I'm of the generation where my parents weren't very physically affectionate, and I'd like to be different with my kids.

[Valmy]

Kiss your parents as often as you can; cause you won't always be able to. 

Yep. 

[crazy canuck]

Kiss your parents as often as you can; cause you won't always be able to. 

 

[Sheilbh]

So this may be a heavily cultural thing, but I thought it might be interesting to discuss. Just read an article discussing whether it's a good idea to kiss your child in the lips, and at what ages.

Anyway, I kissed both my parents (and brother) in the lips when I was a child, this became cheek kisses once I approached puberty. Nowadays, I kiss my mother in the cheek whenever I meet her, but my male close relatives (father and brother) only in emotional situations or celebrations.

We are latins so we have a gross (consensual) misregard of personal boundaries, so I guess that may differ for other languishites.

Same - I still kiss my dad on the cheek when I see him and would other close male relatives too.

I kiss female (and some male friends) on the cheek when I see them (or in sort of emotional/celebration circumstances).

[HVC]

Growing up I kissed/was kissed by my parents on the cheek, just once. Now my mother is significantly shorter than me, so I kiss her in the forehead while mocking her height. She does not approve Extended family gets the double cheek kiss and Portuguese acquaintances get the performative double cheek touch kiss the air thing. Like, Josq I hated it as a kid. Personal space isn't a thing for iberians . Now it doesn't bother me,

[Legbiter]

A peck on the cheek for close family.

[Crazy_Ivan80]

When they kids were really young they went for the lips. Our youngest still goes for that, on occassion.
As they grew older it was/is cheek and now more often (especially with our olders, who's going on 14) on the top of the head or forehead. Alternatively a hug, big hug or manly hug as situation requires.
Tender hugs too, again if the situation requires it.

Nothing wrong with it and the sooner they learn that hugs are for all ages the better. No one should ever be without hugs either... as that rather sucks

My dad gets a hand-shake or shake'n-hug. Mom gets a peck-on-cheek-with-hug.

[PDH]

I kissed my Mom and Dad on the lips as a kid, when I grew up Dad switched to hugs but greeting or saying goodbye to Mom was always peck on the lips (same with my Nana too).

I think that is good, and when Mom was in the hospital for the final time, it was good to be unconcerned about giving her a kiss.

[Eddie Teach]

We just hug.

[Norgy]

In Norway, we give a hug. Kisses are for girlfriends, fringe lovers, wives.

Not that my parents were ever particularly physical, but I always gave mum a hug when I came to visit. Dad? Never.