Across living rooms and group chats, parents are quietly bracing for the same holiday standoff: a shy kid, an eager grandparent, and a chorus of adults urging a hug. What used to be treated as basic ...

With the holidays quickly approaching, there will inevitably be scenarios where friends and relatives will come after the children with arms (and possibly even lips) outstretched. It can be hard not ...

The father of an 8-year-old who was gunned down in a Minneapolis church shooting urged other parents to give their children "an extra hug and kiss" in a public statement on Aug. 28. In an appearance ...

In my culture, children are expected to greet everyone in the room with a hug and a kiss. My daughter didn't like to and often screamed when relatives tried to hug and kiss her. I teach my kid that ...