Parenting Tips: When Should Parents Cease Kissing Their Child On the Lips?

Leading Sydney analysts have named an American specialist's recommendation as "ludicrous" after she proposed that parents shouldn't kiss their kids on the lips since it is excessively sexual. Dr. Charlotte Reznick, a child analyst from UCLA California, cautions parents that a pure peck on the lips could cause a confusion for their child.

Her remarks, which were distributed in 2010 when Hollywood star Harry Connick Jr. was envisioned kissing his eight-year-old little girl on the lips, have started a warmed verbal confrontation online this week after they became a web sensation. "In the event that you begin kissing your children on the lips, when do you stop? It gets exceptionally befuddling," Dr. Reznick said.

As a kid gets to the age of four to six and their sexual mindfulness comes to fruition, a kiss on the lips - even from a parent - could be stimulating for the child. This might not even be the first instance of sexual mindfulness for your child though - it's not a rare occurrence to see an infant unknowingly jerking off at the age of two or three.

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"Regardless of the fact that it never strikes a child's mind, it's fair excessively confounding," added Reznick. "On the off chance that mommy kisses daddy on the mouth and the other way around, what does that mean when I, a young lady or kid, kiss my guardian on the mouth?"

Although Reznick provides a good argument, Dr. Fiona Martin from the Sydney Child Psychology Center (SCPC) opposes this idea. Dr. Martin commented that "It's truly silly to think a guardian kissing their child could be alluded to as excessively sexual," Martin told Daily Mail Australia. 

"It's typical and beneficial to be friendly to your children. It's imparting to your kids that you adore them," she continued. Martin said there were no mental impacts for a child who has been kissed on the lips by their guardians.

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"It doesn't consider connections that are sheltered and trusting. There is nothing sexual about kissing an infant on the mouth," Dr. Irvine-Rundle said. "Typically the children will discover they need to grow up, they no more need to have that closeness with folks anymore in broad daylight. It's dependent upon us as sensible folks to work out when is the correct time."