I watch several male celebrities kiss their sons on the lips is it ok? If so what age do you stop kissing your son on the lips?

I guess it depends on the culture and the environment.

What is acceptable to one lot of people may not be acceptable to another.

As long as there's nothing else going on that is in a form of abuse.

Whose business is it?

NO Doesn't matter if it is a son or a daughter. No parent should.

Damn Hollywood

Not all kissing has a sexual connotation as the previous person asserts.... same with men dancing too ...

You couldn't think of a better post op? Well imo kids get pecks on the cheek. Dats all I got. Besides you don't want the bacteria of an adult in a little kids mouth!

I believe it is the INTENT behind the action that matters more than the action itself(as with ANY action IMO.)

If it's not done with a sexual intent...i don't see anything wrong with it...but culture can determine how you feel about a particular action for example:

In the U.S. hand-holding among older adults is consider sexual to some degree, and because of that you almost never see two men holding hands(unless you live in San Francisco like me), because we view it as 'something done on date, for a person you're interested in/attracted to etc.)'

In India(At least in Chennai, I understand not all of India has the same culture) Hand-holding isn't viewed as sexual, but rather a sign of friendship/partnership, it's VERY common to see two men holding hands as FRIENDS and nothing more.

So if the parent isn't getting some sort of sick-twisted thrill out of kissing their child on the lips....i don't see issues with it.

So are we talking with or without tongue..lol..

I guess it is a thing of context.

I think parents kiss their kids for many reasons; an few times does it have any kind of sexual connotation.

I think many people are becoming overly paranoid about what is and is not appropriate and at what age.

While I rarely kissed my sons on the mouth as they got into their teens there were occasional times that I and their Daddy kissed them on the mouth to show our great emotion or and pride in them on significant days. Before hospitalizations/surgeries, graduations, getting married, going into military service when my son helped me when my Dad passed away. Just because something is intimate does not make it sexual.

I tend to think sometimes celebrities are showing off how they parent but then on the flip side they should not be constantly worrying about how the public is reacting to their interacting with their own kids.

Younger kids by nature are big, sloppy, slobbery, (and lol sometimes snotty) exuberant creatures with their kisses and pats and I think often they have no context to see it as sexual if adults don't try to make it so. And to rebuff or reject their affection would be cruel.

I had at least my pair or more of toddlers almost constantly for over a decade and if I would have seen every time one of them climbed me like a coconut tree and at least partially disrobed me and my blessings as something sexual I would have been neurotic for sure.

Same goes for working with older children even sometimes adults with disabilities that can not really discern what is appropriate. If yo work with Alzheimer patients I guarantee you as they struggle with dementia they are going to touch you or sometimes kiss you because they depend on you as their caregiver and are trying to convey gratitude or appreciation.

in American culture, where lips touching is intimate, its weird

but not all people we see are from families that have only American culture

Despite the gender, no parent should not...it is my opinion, don't get offended :-)

I've done this topic on Instagram/face a lot of ppl said it's culture but me personally I've never kissed my sons on the lips

Of course without tongue that's sick!!!

Of course without tongue that's sick!!!

I'm with that guy you shouldn't kiss your children on the lips I kiss them on their forehead

My parents kissed all of us on the forehead. And we kiss them on the forehead.
But all my siblings, we kiss each other goodbye on the cheek. From the oldest to the youngest, & the youngest is 40. Same with cousins.
My son kisses me on the forehead.
Maybe it is a tradition. (Because I am the parent) Or I am just so much shorter. But my daughter kisses me on the cheek (same height)

I once knew a bunch of guys from Turkey. When they came to the USA they had to learn how to behave like americans lest they be mistaken for homosexuals. In turkey, heterosexual men touch each other a great deal, they are always hanging on each others shoulders.

One of them told me "We tell the new guys - don't touch each other. In turkey we touch, here you'll be gay"

So I don't know. To me kissing on the lips suggests something sexual, but I've seen Italian families that do it.

I don't think its inherently sexual to kiss on the lips, so there is nothing *wrong* with people from other cultures doing it with their kids. But on the other hand if they are living in the US, why confuse them with behavior that's taken differently in the US?

I think it takes some kind of pervert to look at a parent kissing their child on the lips and think "sex."

If that makes you think sexual thoughts, then perhaps you should see a therapist about that.

It's a sign of affection, nothing more. I mean damn. Americans are some of the most perverted prude people in the world.

I hink the same of some foriners. I also don't think your 18 or native.

Ha ha ha ha....Right you are buddy, Geee, I couldn't even imagine what he expects on this post regarding his question of "age to stop", I must say don't even start it unless it is already an adult....