It can be hard not to prompt our kids to oblige, especially if we ourselves grew up in a generation where refusing a hug or kiss was considered rude. A lot of us were children during a time when ...

A gentle holiday reminder about kids and forced hugs: Don’t. Girl Scouts of the United States of America offers the following evergreen advice, which it just released to help families prepare ...

‘Because my kids are particularly sensitive and “shy ... personally if a child doesn’t want to give them a kiss or a hug. ‘A kid not wanting to hug you isn’t some personal slight ...

Children of the 80s were probably raised to blindly comply with adults; what they said went. You gave your aunty a kiss hello ...

Sensory therapy such as deep touch pressure can calm children with autism, reducing tantrums, meltdowns and hyperactivity. Stuart Jackson was on a mission. For years, he had searched for a way to ...

"I wouldn't hug or kiss someone I don't want to so why should they!" And Angela H totally agrees: "I was forced as a child to kiss and cuddle everyone hello and goodbye and I hated it. "So with my ...

“Whenever Sonnie cries, Billie says ‘Sonnie sad, Billie hug,’ and it just melts our hearts,” he said. “We are very lucky to have such an amazing little girl and cannot wait to see them ...