Kissing your kids on the lips?

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Just interested to know what people's thoughts on this are?

Kissing your kids on the lips whether it be mother to son or father to daughter and if you find it ok at any age or if there's an age where you think it's no longer appropriate?

I have done a poll as I personally find this strange but I know I may be in the minority here.

YABU - It's totally fine
YANBU - I agree it's inappropriate

I'm in a odd place with this. I was not kissed on the mouth as a child and found it very weird to see with other people. I was more relaxed with my kids though and followed their lead. Now they are all teenagers and most of them do not kiss me on the mouth but one still does. It's normal because she always has but at the same time I assumed she would stop. I never kiss her on the mouth.

Each family should do what they feel comfortable with. There is no right or wrong, good or bad, just personal choice - for me as long the child feels happy and knows that they are loved then all is good.

For me we kiss my sons on the lips, cheek or forehead (depending on which bit is nearest) For my slight younger daughter we kiss three times on the lips and then say 'noses!!' and kind of do a nose rub thing. I can't actually remember where this came from but she finds it hilarious - it's her little ritual before she goes to bed.

Mine are 8 and 6 and I still kiss them on the lips.. I remember their gorgeous squishy little baby kisses too!

I suspect once puberty starts to hit and they start to feel awkward/weird but I reckon it'll naturally tail off tbh.

I've always kissed my kids on the lips. But when they've hit the teens it changed to their cheeks. Always been a hugger though

DD15 usually kisses me on lips,
No one else, possibly DH but not usually and he wouldn't like it much - DS12 I'd be lucky if I can kiss his head ... and that's even in the house where no one can see him lol ... saying that I had a doggie hoodie on the other day and he was embarrassed his school friends would see - I was in the car 🥺 I'm an embarrassing parent! ... both ND

I always found it... well weird. Very awkward, at literally any age. Never did it with my parents and never did with my DS.

Agreed.

Personally couldn't think of anything weirder than kissing / being kissed by any of my family on the lips.

But each to their own, I'm sure for others it's normal.

Son 19 kisses me on the lips. Daughter 15 does too. Daughter 16 would rather eat her own arms than kiss on the lips. I respect whatever they want. And not being a fucking weirdo myself, I don’t find it weird either way.

Kissed all my boys on the lips until they were about 11/12 then they naturally stopped it. I kiss them on the top of their heads now.
It’s not weird - and none of my boys get cold sores either….

It’s a weird one because I always thought it was a really weird/wrong thing to do but before I had my child my friends 2 year old started wanted kisses on the lips from me to say bye and her mum was fine with it so I just went with it 🤷‍♀️ I think it lasted about 6 months 🤔

I never thought I would do it with my own kids but it’s how our 2 year old first kissed us and it was the cutest so when he wants to we do 🤷‍♀️ I don’t think it looks right seeing adults kiss kids on the lips though, especially as they get older but I think we all just do what our kids want really 🤷‍♀️

One thing I do know is that I would not be happy/comfortable with any adult other than me or his dad kissing him on the lips!!

Our girls used to kiss us on the lips when they were toddlers, maybe a bit older but as they got older it switched to cheeks, we just always went with what they wanted. Even now my girls (early twenties and a teen) will randomly come up to me for a cuddle and kiss my cheek.

I kiss my 9 year old on the lips multiple times a day. My 11 year old only ever on the cheek since he was a toddler.

I used to kiss mine on the lips when they were young. They’re 16 and 23 now so it would be inappropriate.
DS2 (16) kisses me on the forehead now because he’s taller than me and thinks he’s hilarious 😂

I might be in the minority but I kiss my DD (8) on the lips, still kiss my Mum occasionally (in her 60s!) and kissed my grandparents on the lips, until they died in their 80s. It isn’t sexual at all to me, I kiss my girlfriends on the lips too occasionally.

No. It’s bloody weird.

My DC aged 5 yrs won't go into breakfast club in the morning without a kiss on the lips. I've tried to change to just a hug but they get upset and struggle to settle for the day. I still kiss my mum on the lips. She is late 60s but I've stopped kissing my dad as it seemed strange. We just hug now.

I kiss my DS’ on the lips all the time, they pucker up! DH I think sometimes does but not as often as I do, ages 8 and 5.

I think you are strange for thinking this is strange no matter what the genders of parents or kids. I kiss my daughter on the lips and cheek and so does my husband. You are basically sexualising a parent-child interaction which is gross. Think about it.

Doesn't mean they haven't got the virus. Some people's immune system deals with it better than others but it doesn't mean they can't pass the infection on. Clever little devils viruses.

My immune system doesn't cope with it all and I can never understand an adult risking giving a child a lifelong infection. I suppose we all find different things weird.

Lips are for lovers...

I've never done it, not even with my own DC.

I was at a family party at the weekend and was surprised to see a mum kiss her 8yr old on the lips.

This!

No, never- but I am prone to painful cold sores and I wouldn't like to inadvertently pass this on.

My eldest dd (10) generally doesn't like it. I respect she has boundaries and that some things she doesn't feel comfortable with.

My youngest (7) will give the biggest, fattest slobbery kisses on the lips to me and and her dad. She's loves it.. and so do I. 😊

No. Too weird for me.

I honestly can't imagine kissing my parents or grandparents 😳 on the lips. Weirds me out.