Do you kiss your kids on the lips? Why or Why not?

I kiss him on the lips, I don't see what's so perverted about that, it's not like we're french kissing. It's not unsanitary to me, germs are good to build up the immune system.

I kiss my son on his lips. So does my husband. We don't see anything wrong with it anyway. I don't see the issue with the germ thing, because he gets our germs in plenty of other ways anyway. When he was younger, he was always trying to get his hands into our mouths. He is 15 months old now, and still does sometimes. He also tries to stick his hands in our food, and takes stuff out of our mouths if he gets a chance. Then of course it goes directly into his mouth. We have two dogs and a cat, so he gets their germs, too! I don't see it as perverted at all. I don't french kiss him or anything. When he was smaller, sometimes he would try to lick my lips, but I think that's finally stopped now. He did bite my husband's nose the other day when he kissed him, though. LOL I kissed my parents and my grandma, along with my siblings on the mouth when I was little. I quit kissing my dad and brother when I started kindergarten. My sisters, my mom, and my grandma sometime later in elementary. My 2 nieces (6 and 2) have kissed me on the lips a few times. They ALWAYS kiss each other on the lips, and my six year old begged to kiss my son on the lips (my sister said she had to ask, because otherwise it would be too rude). I think it's cute. She has already told me that the reason she does it is because she LOVES the people she kisses that way! That's way her sister gets those kisses the most. :)

I personally do not do it because it just feels wrong. For mee a kiss on the lips is romantic but a kiss on the cheek, forehead, etc... is endearing and comforting as a parent should be. To mee the lips are reserved for my love not for my loved ones as Mrs. Mee is the only person I kiss on the lips including my Grand Daughter who is not even a month old yet. Have a great day!!!

when my daughter just a baby couple of months old, I just kissed her on her cute little tummy or just any other part of her cute body...so soft, except for the faces. I just softly touched it everytime with back of my hands not with my lips. But when she was two we started to kiss on the lips but only to me and my husband and some of my families (sisters). But not to our friends nor relatives....to them my daughter will just kiss them on the cheek.

I don't have kids at my tender age, but I don't see anything wrong with it. Germs build the immune system anyway (unless your kids have weak immune systems, or immune system illnesses). My mother never kissed me on the lips (that I am aware of), and that is fine (I think it would be weird if she did, cause she never has. And I think she kisses on the lips only with my partners.) It is the personal choice of the parents and the children. I can see kissing children on the lips as naturally affectionate, yet when a child begins to mature, it becomes awkward and complicated (when they begin to discover sexuality, I suppose). I used to babysit a kid who was kissed on the lips by his mother as a baby, and I believe the mother is an amazing parent. One time (he is 4 now, I think) I went to kiss him on the cheek (He's so cute!) and he kissed me on the lips. I was kind of surprised, but affection can always be healthy and natural.

I have a 1 year old and I kiss her on the lips. Babies are just so cute and innocent and they came out of us, mothers! I think its a show of affection and nurturing and I do not think there is anything wrong with that as long as is not with bad intentions.