Do you kiss your child on the lips?

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I'm just wondering - do most parents kiss their child on the lips?

What are your thoughts on this? Opinion seems to be divided from what I see!

How the fuck is kissing on the lips sexual? I doubt anyone on here is engaging in a full on snogging sesh with their kids, it’s a peck on the lips. I think people who make comments like that must have really sick minds.

I agree Daisy.

Oh yes definitely!!!

No, for me lip kissing is reserved for partners, so it is a bit ew for me. That is not to say that I think people who kiss their children on the mouth have a dodgy motive.

Yes I do. My four and 2 year olds often wants a kiss on the lips. My eldest doesn't ask for kisses, but I'll kiss him on the head or the cheek, and my baby son gets kisses all over his face, but not the lips, as he can't kiss back yet.

Better not mention my ddogs give kisses on request also.
Police be round according to some...

Yes, kiss my lo on the lips a lot. Don't see any issue with it and doesn't feel weird at all.

bigbluebubble you can f right off with that one. i certainly do not kiss peck my three year old daughter on the lips with a sexual motive .fucking ridiculous .sorry but I find it quite troubling " you find this "sexual" personally I would be more worried about anyone trying to sexualise it than any parent giving there child a completly innocent NON sexual kiss on the lips .

Whenever this topic comes up on MN it always surprises me how divisive it is.

The only person I kiss on the lips is my DH. I've never kissed my DC on the lips, ever. It just doesn't feel right as it's not what my family do, and it honestly does look weird to me seeing other people do it. The thought of kissing my parents on the lips makes me shudder, tbh. We are a close, affectionate, huggy family, just not a kissy one.

Yep. DD's are now 14 and 17 and nowadays it's usually kisses on the cheek but they do still kiss me on the lips sometimes. The 14 year old kissed me on the lips when she went up to bed last night.
I think it's normal BUT agree kids should never be made to kiss someone if they don't want to - including grannys/ other relatives and myself.

Yes.
And I kiss very close family on the lips.
It's a peck, no sexual connotations whatsoever, it's always just been natural.

If it helps those that don't like the idea , my lip kisses with my daughter were proper pucker up smackers , lips kept closed and quick , nothing at all the same as kissing a partner .

I used to, but dd doesn't let me anymore. I usually kiss her on the nose cheek or forehead now. She is 12.

Of course I do! Both of them.. they are my children 😍

Fish kisses are the best 😂

Like this..

Girls think it's hilarious

Mine are 4 and 6 and it's yes, on a regular basis.

Not now, she's 17 and wouldn't appreciate it!
Cheek kisses and cuddles yes, very much so, she'll always be my baby.

I kids both my DDs in the lips. Everytime we part ways, I give them a kiss and tell them I love them. Certainly don't think it's weird at all. 😂 I grew up with a mother who never told us she loved us, or showed us any kind of affection, I would say that's definitely more damaging than showing kids you love them.

Yes, all the time. I love how my two year old makes a 'mmmmmah' sound when she plants one on me 😍

I kiss my Dad on the lips and he's 70 (I'm 40). One of my uncles, who has not had children of his own, same age as Dad or thereabouts also kisses me on the lips. (Always brief and dry lips, tightly puckered). It's just what my family does so I do kiss my children on the lips also but DS has started to avoid and offers his cheek or head top so I kiss that instead.

I don't understand why other people have a problem with what other families do. It's not inappropriate.

It's a good job I don't mind lip kisses as I frequently get it wrong when someone goes for the old "mwah, mwah" greeting and end up getting one right in the middle!

On the odd occasion when my 3YR old wants to kiss me, he'll go for the lips! And I don't discourage it in the slightest!

No, I never have and neither have my parents kissed me on the lips - doubt they will start now in their late 80s .

I can recall a slightly randy old uncle always trying to kiss myself and my mother on the lips and both us felt rather uncomforatble about it which is one of the reasons I wouldn't kiss anyone else on the lips. (maybe my DH occasionally .

I can't imagine not kissing my kids. If they told me to stop I'd be a bit sad but I'd stop. Mine like to make kisses up ie Eskimo butterfly dog etc. Basically dog is where they like your face which is a bit gross but I love kissing them. They kiss their dad and grandparents too and my sister. Not necessarily my brother and his wife but that's just their choice. I'm 34 and kiss my mum x