Comments on: Teen Hugging, When Is It Not OK http://www.troubledteenblog.com/teen-hugging-when-is-it-not-ok/ Families Struggling with Troubled Teen Issues Sun, 05 Sep 2010 23:17:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Willow http://www.troubledteenblog.com/teen-hugging-when-is-it-not-ok/comment-page-1/#comment-617 Willow Wed, 03 Dec 2008 11:16:30 +0000 http://www.troubledteenblog.com/?p=1384#comment-617 I love hugs! The real, sincere, spontaneous "I gotta share how happy I am" or "I just love you so much" kind of hugs. My friends and I were pretty big on those as teens. I don't like the "expected" hugs, the ones that are obligatory like with family. Yuck. How phony. I agree with your last paragraph. As long as everyone is on the same page about the hugging, go for it either way! My boys are NOT huggers, even with me, and I sure do miss it but I have to respect that it isn't something they're comfortable with anymore. I love hugs! The real, sincere, spontaneous “I gotta share how happy I am” or “I just love you so much” kind of hugs. My friends and I were pretty big on those as teens. I don’t like the “expected” hugs, the ones that are obligatory like with family. Yuck. How phony.

I agree with your last paragraph. As long as everyone is on the same page about the hugging, go for it either way! My boys are NOT huggers, even with me, and I sure do miss it but I have to respect that it isn’t something they’re comfortable with anymore.

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