What Is Wrong With Me KIssing My Child On The Lips

Over the weekend, we had a fun family outing and in the midst of all the merriment, my 6 years old son did something really remarkable and I decided to plant a  kiss him on the lips, I was not surprised my husband was able to capture that moment  but I didn’t know he did until I went to his social media account and I found it there. It was a lovely picture not until the moment I decided to read on the comments underneath it. As much as many people that thought it was a lovely picture, we had a section of people that thought it was gross for me to kiss my son on the lip and that it’s inappropriate. I have never thought of this as  anything since it’s something I’ve always done to him as a baby and as he grows older, I still plant a kiss on his lips whenever I’m doing drop off at school or when he does something impressive. 

It came as a big surprise to me  to learn that many people feel kissing our children on the lips is inappropriate; they tend to believe that lip kissing should be reserved for our romantic partners. My husband kiss our son on the lips, it is our ways of showing him he’s loved. I continued with reading the comments and how it became a cyber fight in the comment section with people who are for me kissing my son and those who are against it. People gave reason for them kicking against it and the only thing they are kept hammering on was that it is a sexual thing that should not be shared between a child and parents. In my mind, I can’t help but question how someone will sexualize the kissing of their own child. As for me, when I’m kissing my son, all I see is that adorable tiny baby I was clutching in my arms that almost ripped my vaginal apart the day I had him.

 I don’t have any sexual attachment and so does the innocent poor boy. I see kissing of my son on the lips the same way breast feeding him as a baby does not turn me on or bring any sexual thoughts to my mind, I was only feeding an hungry child. It is always a different feeling when it is my husband’s mouth on the nipple. I will continue planting a kiss on my son’s lips until he’s not comfortable with it anymore and that’s probably when he’s a teenager.I don't care what any opinion of what a stranger behind the phone has to say, I will do what I please.  It's not like I'm having a french kiss or exchange saliva, I'm simply planting a kiss on is lips, so maybe it them that needs to get thjeir minds out of the gutter.

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