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.

Yes, DS6 always kisses on lips. my mum and stepdad we kiss on lips-cant say we always have, but we do now. I don't have a problem with it, its family.
If DS or anyone felt uncomfortable about it in anyway, I'd stop.
otherwise its horses for courses.

Nope. My mother only ever did cheek kisses and I've never kissed my daughters on the lips, only cheeks. I suppose it's what you're used to growing up. Adults kissing parents on lips always looks strange to me.

Yes I do, 25,16 and 10 and give them all a cuddle and tell them I love them daily. I'm their mam thats what we do

Euurgh, no that’s creepy

No, we prefer hugs anyway so most kisses are on the cheek or air kisses/blowing a kiss!

I kiss my DS (28 month) on the lips, as do his grandparents, aunties, uncles, cousins. Likewise I kiss my nieces on the lips. I also give my mum a kiss on the lips when leaving!

DH doesn’t like it in the context of family, so he won’t let our son do it to him and won’t kiss him on the lips himself. I kiss DS all over his lovely little head except the mouth, but allow him to kiss me on the mouth - he usually doesn’t anyway. DS (2yo) likes to kiss his brother (4mo) on the mouth which we discourage (probably why he likes doing it!) mostly because the baby is extremely slobbery

Yuk. No, lips are for lovers.

Of course I do - they’re my children!

“Lips are for lovers” never heard so much bollocks

It's a generational thing. When I was brought up it was the norm that a kiss was a kiss on the lips. That's just the way it was, then the continental kissing on the cheeks way came in. It's just what you grew up with I suppose.

How rude calling a different opinion bollocks.

It's like the towel washing debate. Everyone's convinced their way is right and other people are idiots.

I remember being surprised when my DD started kissing because it was on the lips.
Made me realise that our family are big huggers and mainly cheek kissers although my mum ,when we stayed,gave a quick goodnight kiss on the lips.
Kissing is normal,affectionate.
Calling it sexual is like confusing a back rub with a sensual,all clothes off massage parlour job.We all know the difference.
If a relative had a reputation for popping a tongue in I expect the entire family would know!

Yes. I don’t remember being kissed as a child. I wanted it to be very different with dd. She’s 11 and we lip kiss. She is very tactile and instigates kisses, therefore not just one sided. If / when she stops wanting to do this, it will be another step on the journey to independence.

Yes, my DS is only 1 though.

Nope.

This has come up so many times.

I don't like other members of the family kissing me on the lips as an adult but I will definitely kiss my DC on the lips until they decide they don't want to. No sign of it yet.

@Mascotte creepy?

I’ve only ever kissed my own children on the lips and, as far as I know, the only other person is DH. Beyond that seems weird to me but that’s down to personal experience not judgment.

Yes, In my view mouth kissing is sexual.

No, encouraging lip kissing increases likelihood of coldsores, especially with extended family too. DS is still young enough that he thinks an open mouth slobber is a kiss and he will land one wherever he can though

No I don’t

Yes I do, my DD is 20 months and loves cuddles and the occasional lip kiss, my DP doesn't really like it so rarely does it, keeps it to the cheek.
My mum isn't the affectionate type (not even hugs) but my dad and my name (dad's mum) I always give a quite peck hello/goodbye. DPs mum always kisses on the cheek/ear, big smackers that deafen!
I don't think in any way is it sexual, that's a really weird stance to have in my opinion...

Yes but as they reached puberty it just sort of faded away. I think a lot of things just naturally stop or don't depending on what people feel comfortable with. I really don't care whether people do or not.

*Nan