The Huggy Generation

, rocks a bird

funny, his picture looks like a moose

I've noticed this at my kid's school, I had no idea it was much bigger than that:

Quote:

Girls embracing girls, girls embracing boys, boys embracing each other " the hug has become the favorite social greeting when teenagers meet or part these days. Teachers joke about “one hour” and “six hour” hugs, saying that students hug one another all day as if they were separated for the entire summer.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/28/style/28hugs.html

When my kid went back to school after being out for a while, she faced a veritable hug gauntlet -- every single kid in class wanted to hug her, girls and boys. Some were satisfied with a group hug (4-5 at a time), while others patiently waited their turn for a solo hug.

Whenever she runs into someone she knows, there's a quick hug and then they start talking.

Whenever she says goodbye to someone she knows, there's a hug.

Hugging, hugging, hugging. And as the article says, boys are hugging each other too. (I'm talking about the elementary school set -- my daughter's going in to 3rd grade next year -- but I see it across all ages.)

Some schools are banning it, some kids find it oppressive. I like it from what I've seen of it. What do you think?

5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.

Like anything else that people find pleasure in, there must be hugging addicts.
I would guess that there might be one day be a Huggers Anonymous.
There might be some real tear jerking stories then told like,
"We were too poor to buy me stuffed animals as a child, so now I hug everyone."

One of the a2kers shared this story ...... He/She was waiting in line at the airport for them to test for metallic objects using the metal detector...The big guard was at the front of the line with the metal detector and beckoned the next person in line to come forward, this person was a kid who was 5 years old. The guard spread his arms out wide trying to get the kid to copy what he was doing so he could then use the metal detector. however the kid took this as an invitation and stepped forward and hugged the guard!!!!!!

haha so cute

Foofie wrote:

Like anything else that people find pleasure in, there must be hugging addicts.
I would guess that there might be one day be a Huggers Anonymous.
There might be some real tear jerking stories then told like,
"We were too poor to buy me stuffed animals as a child, so now I hug everyone."

At Mensa conventions, thay offer green circles for application to identity badges,
for those attenders who wish to declare their willingness to be hugged,
red ones meaning: stay the hell away,
and yellow ones meaning: maybe -- it depends on who u r.





David

Oh, I forgot, the popular culture is basically anti-intellectual.

OmSigDAVID wrote:

Foofie wrote:

Like anything else that people find pleasure in, there must be hugging addicts.
I would guess that there might be one day be a Huggers Anonymous.
There might be some real tear jerking stories then told like,
"We were too poor to buy me stuffed animals as a child, so now I hug everyone."

At Mensa conventions, thay offer green circles for application to identity badges,
for those attenders who wish to declare their willingness to be hugged,
red ones meaning: stay the hell away,
and yellow ones meaning: maybe -- it depends on who u r.





David

Sounds like a civilized solution for a total win-win. Now, how do we get the rest of society to have high I.Q.'s.

Oh, I forgot, the popular culture is basically anti-intellectual.

hugs BorrisKitten tightly then runs away giggling