Kissing your parents

[celedhring]

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.

[Josquius]

Yeah, no, eww.
When I was a kid I was really against physical contact. Aunts trying to give you a kiss is basically a childhood-horror trope.
Always uncomfortable for me in Switzerland to do the whole 3 kiss by the cheek thing. Here that's basically just for pretentious posh people.

With my kids I'll kiss them on the cheek/head, but lips... icky. Too much drool.

[Tamas]

Kissing on the lips is creepy.

[celedhring]

Also I guess it shows that I'm childless that I titled the thread "Kissing your parents" instead of "Kissing your children", given that we have many dads among us 

[The Brain]

Kissing on the lips is creepy.

Communist heads of government frown on your shenanigans.

[Tamas]

Kissing on the lips is creepy.

Communist heads of government frown on your shenanigans.

[Grey Fox]

I don't remember my parents kissing me. (Excluding on the cheeks greeting as adults)

I don't remeber kissing my kids on the lips. I am much more a on top of the head person.
My kids did grow up in the Covid era too, so that limited the desire for face kiss.

[crazy canuck]

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.

That's pretty much exactly the way I was raised and the way we interact with our kids.

[Valmy]

Generally I don't kiss my kids on the mouth, though if a very young child insists I will do it. Generally I will kiss my (12 and 13 years old) boys on the top of their head and tossle their hair. I guess when or if they grow taller than I am I might just give them a hug at some point.

My daughter is only five so I don't know if that will look any different when she gets into her teens.

I don't recall ever kissing or being kissed by my parents. We hugged a lot though.

[crazy canuck]

I kissed my boy on the cheek at his Masters' graduation ceremony.


Until now I didn't think there was anything unusual in that.

[Valmy]

I kissed my boy on the cheek at his Masters' graduation ceremony.


Until now I didn't think there was anything unusual in that.

I don't think there is.

[Tamas]

Kiss on the cheek is normal where I am from. Kiss on the mouth is super-rare, if it exist at all.

[crazy canuck]

I kissed my boy on the cheek at his Masters' graduation ceremony.


Until now I didn't think there was anything unusual in that.

I don't think there is.

 

[Oexmelin]

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.

That's pretty much exactly the way I was raised and the way we interact with our kids.

Same here.

[Josephus]

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