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Camp Counselors Should Be Allowed to Hug Kids

by Lenore Skenazy, Posted Jul 13th 2010 10:38AM

Bend down! That's the new rule at my kids' camp this summer: If a counselor feels like hugging a camper, the counselor must bend down to the child's level, so the child's face does not end up buried in his or her "groin." Apparently, word of ...
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Is It Wrong to Make Your Kid Hug a Relative?

by Lenore Skenazy, Posted Apr 20th 2010 11:00AM

"Child Predators Love Polite Kids." That's the title of this tip sheet for parents, and it's also something you hear a lot: Don't make your kid kiss grandma, or hug Uncle Fester, because when you do the child gets the message, "I must submit to any ...
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Attempted robbery ends in group hug

by Sandy Maple, Posted Jul 16th 2007 1:01PM

Imagine you are enjoying a nice meal with your family and friends when suddenly an armed robber appears. He holds a gun to a guest's head and demands that you hand over your money or he will shoot. Should you: (a) tackle the intruder and hope for the ...
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Hug heard around the country: school parent speaks out

by Melissa Summers, Posted Apr 12th 2006 7:27AM

Julie Berry is the mother of a child in the same Maynard, Massachusetts kindergarten class where hugging is strictly forbidden. She's written her take on things at Metro West Daily News, and it's a much different view of the so called Hugging Crisis. ...
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