Is it possible to kiss children on the lips? Moms disagree with psychologists.

When and who invented the kiss? Scientists believe that the root cause of the kiss was motherhood. When the child threw his chest, but could not yet bite and chew solid food on his own, the mother did it for him, turning the food into liquid gruel, and then passed it to the child from mouth to mouth.





Then this action began to play the role of a pacifier: to deceive and calm the child, the mother simply touched his lips with her lips, imitating the process of feeding. As a result, touching the lips acquired the meaning of tenderness and affection.



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Today, the meaning of this gesture does not seem so clear. Is it possible? kiss? Doctors, psychologists, and loving parents have diametrically opposed opinions. Whose side will you take in this dispute?

Kissing is one of the most beautiful ways to express your parental love, but doctors warn that kissing on the lips puts the child at risk of infection with pathogens. As a result, the baby can acquire a whole bunch of diseases, such as herpetic stomatitis, sore throat, herpes or hepatitis.



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Young children have not yet fully formed immunity, their body is not able to resist infections. Therefore, the cause of infection can be even a completely healthy adult. It is not surprising that after visiting relatives and copious kisses on the lips, the child can get SARS.

American doctor Charlotte Reznick, a child psychologist and educator from Los Angeles, is of the opinion that the baby’s mouth is an erogenous zone, which is an erogenous zone. It is not intended for parental kissing..

Resnick is the author of The Power of Your Child’s Imagination: How to Turn Stress and Anxiety into Joy and Success. She explains that children may associate a kiss with a sexual or romantic bond between parents and wonder why they do the same to them.



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“If you start kissing your children on the lips, when will you stop? The whole situation will become too confusing. When a child grows to 4 or 6 years of age and becomes sexually conscious (this is normal), a kiss on the lips can turn into something stimulating.

Such reasoning is not perceived by many mothers and even Charlotte’s colleagues in the workshop. Clinical psychologist Sally-Anne McCormack refutes Resnick’s words: There is no absolute certainty that kissing on the lips is somehow confusing to a child. So you can say that breastfeeding is confusing. Perhaps someone has this opinion, but it is not.”

Dr Fiona Martin, of the Sydney Centre for Child Psychology, said: It is normal and great to show love to your children. You are simply telling your child that you love them.”





In life, manifestations of parental love often cause a mixed reaction. An unexpected storm has sparked an online snap of Victoria Beckham kissing her five-year-old daughter Harper on the lips.

Posting from Victoria Beckham (@victoriabeckham) July 10, 2016 at 1:27 PDT



This picture of Harper Seven appeared on her mother's blog, Victoria Beckham, on the girl's fifth birthday. The caption read: Happy Birthday Baby, we all love you so much! With a kiss from my mother.

No one knew that after a few hours a real scandal would break out on the Internet! Moralists, not shy in expressions, condemned Victoria, calling the picture a perversion. lipstick - unacceptable.

Despite the discontent of users, the picture scored more than 600,000 likes. Hundreds of active parents came out in support of Victoria. To express their solidarity, they began posting photos of themselves kissing their children’s lips on the Internet, claiming that it was “normal behavior of a normal family.”





Catherine Evans, from Chaderton, is pictured kissing her six-year-old daughter Macy. "The first thing you do when your baby is born is kiss it," she says. It is a love that does not disappear over the years. I think we should show our children our love.”

In society, much depends on culture, traditions and norms. An old British rule says, “A man should kiss his father on the forehead, friends and family on the cheek, and his wife on the lips.”





In some countries, kissing is restricted by law. In Malaysia, even the most innocent kiss in a public place will cost $75, and in Indonesia, for a public kiss, you can face up to 10 years in prison.

On the other hand, studies show that children who are not kissed grow up insecure, with low self-esteem and a lot of complexes. Kissing children, on the contrary, grow up to be adults who respect themselves, know how to love and are not afraid to love!



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Both sides have arguments, so obviously neither side will convince the other of its own right. It seems to me that only the mother’s heart knows what is best for the baby right now: kiss or scold. Listen to your heart! If you have any interesting thoughts about this, be sure to write a comment.