In recent months, and with floodgates of negativity paved by social media and its speculators, who do not shy from sharing their opinion, it seems that parenting, is a part of life that is of life that is often criticized. You take an innocent picture of your child which you think is cute, and of course as proud parent want to share with everyone so they can coo and aww, and then come the comments: is he drinking formula milk, he shouldn't be sitting like that, why are his clothes, from target, why are her clothes Gucci. Parents often face criticism for how they choose to raise their children as it's often thought a village raises a child which therefore lives your parenting style open to criticism. Recently there has been an influx of criticism facing parents around the subject of kissing their children on the lips. It's been termed disgusting, inconsiderate and at points abusive.
There was literally a public out cry when Whiz Kalifa kissed his mother on the lips at an award show, and when Samantha Faeirs' fiancé kissed his mum on the lips during her baby diaries documentary.
Although it may have been wrong to be so negative depending on personal opinion, you could in a way rationalize people's negative responses, as these were grown men, you could understand the Freudian and mummy's boy concept that these images depicted and why most may have been appalled.
This week the rapper "the game" kissed his daughter on the lips, And posted the picture on his Instagram account, and again the same reaction, perhaps even worse as this was a social media platform, it has to be mentioned that his daughter is 5 years old.
Are we that sexualised as a society that we see no innocence in an image of a father kissing their young child?Such A precious moment should be innocent and is one of the easiest way to show emotion, and love to a child that they can understand. One comment read "why would you do that knowing where your lips have been". It's sad that a picture of a kiss between parent and child automatically makes people think of sexual acts. I'm sure as this man kissed his child there was no sexual undertone. Are we so perverse as a society?
My son is 7 months old my daughter is 6 I cannot imagine not kissing them on the mouth, I don't even think about it, it's such an innate thing to do when you're happy to see them, or just playing. Why again as a society are we turning something so loving into a shameful act? Let parents be the love and emotion template for their children, so that when they grow they may also freely express their emotion and love.
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