My daughter was just naturally affectionate . As a child I showed affection to my parents and grandparents but I don't remember hugging and/or kissing others. I'm not a particularly affectionate person but I will hug people I know. Don't want to touch or be touched by strangers although I will shake hands .

I was, occasionally, but don't inflict the same treatment on our son.

No.

I think this is changing today. Possibly we see it secretly today that all this huggy kissy stuff could have caused uncle Charlie to end up molesting you. That's why he doesn't get this treatment from kids today and gets only a goodbye if he gets anything at all. Today kids are told to say "goodbye" but only if they are in the same room as the adult leaves.

No. What you are referring to is not common in Denmark where I grew up.

No. I think my parents encouraged us to say bye, and we kinda decided if a hug was gonna happen.

I continued that with my own kids. As we leave, I say tell them bye and they decide to what degree.

But I'm not a huge kiss/hug-say bye type myself, unless it's my SO

sorry, no kids here. as a kid i wasn't forced to kiss or hug anyone. i wanted to. one uncle always said he couldn't because he had a cold. i guess he didn't want to be forced!

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I was often forced to hug and kiss my relatives. I especially disliked men because they smelled of alcohol or cigarettes. Although I found my father's stubble funny and soft, I was also repulsed by the stubble. I never force my children to hug or kiss my relatives because the pediatricians at our clinic explained that it hurts their psyche. Also, it can cause children to think that they have to do it because they will avoid punishment. I explained to the children that if an adult, friend, or stranger wanted to hug them, they should say NO or run after my husband or me. It's important to talk to your children about this to understand you and not let you pick on them. I also told them that if an adult hits them, they should tell Daddy or me even if this man tells them to be quiet about it.

Yes, my parents did not force me to hug or kiss anyone. But I always felt the expectation on my shoulder.

Yes, and I hated it

My parents made a lot of mistakes, but I was never forced to have physical contact that I did not initiate.

I lived in a few different places with very different approaches to kissing and hugging. They first time a French boy kissed me on the cheek I thought I would have a heart attack. I was 10 at the time. When I married his sister 12 years later I slowly got used to that cheek kissing. The horror element of my childhood vanished when I watched more closely this weird ritual.

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Not normally but last time my son saw his granddad I made sure he gave him a kiss .......granted my dad has not got long so it may have been the last time it happens so I can be forgiven for it

I was forced to. I did not force. I think that it can hurt the child's sense of personal autonomy and and could set them up for abuse.

I'm mostly Italian, and it's just tradition to hug and a kiss on the cheek.
Well, at least the hug part.
It's not sexual in any respect, it's a show affection, love, and respect to each other.
There are some traditions I still hold dear, and that is one of them.
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I'm the same way with my good friends,men and women, a hug upon meeting, and leaving, minus the kissing part.

But I do feel a bit strange doing it with people I don't really know yet.

I’m very affectionate and have a very small personal space so it was never forced. My kids are pretty affectionate as well so it’s almost a foreign concept to me. Ultimately no, I wouldn’t force them but I would talk to them to understand why. My fear being inappropriate touching from the adult. However, if my child just wasn’t a cuddly person, I would respect that.

! I always hated having to feel the rough stubbles of my relatives on my cheeks as they hugged and kissed me in family gatherings. It felt like sandpaper.

No kids, either. When I was a kid I was told to hug/kiss relatives and I never really minded. The only relative I couldn't bear to touch was my mother. That made my skin crawl.