Do you kiss your kids on the lips

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Mine are 8 and 10.

Myself, DH, My Mum and Step Dad Sister and Brother in Law kiss my kids on the lips.

My brother and sister in law prefer to kiss them on the cheek.

They prefer not to kiss DH family at all so don't.

If they don't feel like giving family a kiss they won't. It's just something they have always done.

My mum sometimes kisses me on the lips and I kissed my grandparents on the lips until they passed away.

My friend has said she's never kissed her boys on the lips.

Mine are girls not that it makes a difference.

No I don’t. Personally I don’t see the need.

There’s been loads of threads about this in the past. Use the search function to find the answer xx

My daughter is only 3 and she kisses on the lips. I expect when shes a bit older I will encourage her to do cheek kisses instead but at the moment shes little and I don't think it really matters.

No I don't. But I don't think there's anything wrong with you kissing your children on the lips.
However I personally wouldn't be okay with extended family kissing my toddler on the lips.

No. Always been cheeks only.

No we dont not consciously it just stopped as they got older. Kiss their foreheads and heads now.

The thought of kissing my mum or dad on the lips gives me the baok. But I absolutely wouldnt think wrongly of toehts who do kiss their kids on the lips. Like the daft folk giving David Beckham abuse for kissing Harper.

Yes but she's very little. At some point I imagine she will grow out of wanting to do so and that's fine. But for now, that's how she likes to kiss and I don't think there's anything wrong with that. (I should add the usual disclaimer that I don't get cold sores, etc etc.) As long as it's child-led (so you aren't forcing interactions, and that goes not just for lip-kissing but any kind of physical contact).

I kiss my baby on the lips but wouldn’t want to keep it going when he’s older.

Of course I fucking do.

My kids are 16 (girl) and 21( boy).
I kiss them both on the lips- or they kiss me!
Don't see anything strange in it at all- it's a quick peck, not a full blown snog!!

Yes! They are my babies and I will never be made to feel weird for showing them affection every way I know how.

Yes, she’s 18 months old and loves giving us kisses.

Nope.
My DD was in ICU with the Herpes Simplex virus as a 3 year old. If it wasnt for the brilliant Alder Hey Hospital she would have died.
I know that Herpes Simplex can be caught from random surfaces (like supermarket trolleys) but kissing increases the risk.

No.
I think all children should be thought not to kiss on the lips so there is less chance of catching something.

No, I never did this when they were little, and I certainly wouldn't now (teenagers).

Me and my teenage children kiss on the lips we always have

Yes we do, ds is 11 and still kisses us on the lips. Couldn’t care less what anyone thinks.

I do. He’s 3 and he loves giving kisses. DH is beardy so only allowed to kiss the top of his head

5 year old Dd yes
7 year old Ds yes
Older kids not now but when they were little yes
The older kids just grew out of it.

No. Lips are for lovers

No. It's a bit icky. My fil used to do it to me. Just no

No, this seems to come up weekly on here.

I never thought I would, but obviously children copy you, so DD thinks it is proper to kiss people on the lips because that is what she sees me and DP doing. She is three, and I would imagine as she gets bigger she will start to understand that you can also kiss people on the cheek.

Yes. Nothing wrong with it.

Yes