Do you kiss your children on the lips? I know I do! Big kisses in the morning, at bedtime and well, whenever they want one! But according to American psychologist Dr Charlotte Reznick I should think twice before kissing my children. Renznick has said there should be “some boundaries” when kissing children.
The author of the book “the Power of Your Child’s imagination” said “the lips are an erogenous zone” so kissing children on the lips “can be confusing for them”.
I think Dr Reznick has a very strange way of looking at a beautiful thing. A parent showing love for their child in any way is lovely. Making a kiss an awful thing will make parents worry and feel ashamed – and that’s just plain awful.
We should encourage parents to have more contact with their little ones in a world where we are fixed to screens and have busy days that all important cuddle and kiss can be forgotten.
Kiss your children! Tell them you love them everyday because one day, they’ll not be so little and you’ll wish you’d kissed them more.
Here’s a video of my thoughts on this: http://youtu.be/BV_gsiyXHnM
August 21, 2015
Nickie
It has been proven (I dont’ have the link as I’m at work) that the secretions from our mouths and lips have healing ingredients which is where “kiss it better” came from. How are we supposed to show our children love and affection (and teach them them how to pass on love themselves) if we don’t project it to them in the first place?
I do wish all these “doctors” would stop sexualising everything, although this isn’t the first one and it won’t be the last.