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[quote=Anonymous]You people with no respect for your children's body autonomy need to read up on sexual abuse. Your kids will be the targets if you don't teach them it's okay to say no, it's okay to hurt feelings, it's okay not to comply with a demand for affection. Yes, it's a grandparent, but guess what? Trusted people (not saying your parents, but other positions of trust) have molested kids. So if you teach kids they must comply with the physical requests of "trusted" sources, or on command, you are still undermining their right to make their own body decisions. Saying hello and goodbye, looking in the eye, sharing, etc, all etiquette. Forcing a kiss? Not etiquette. How would you like it if I told you you had to kiss a homeless man? What if he had just urinated on himself? Yes, I expect people's parents aren't in the "gross" category, but if you don't want to kiss someone, you shouldn't have to. Same with your children.

OP, if your father is pushing it all visit, I simply can't believe your husband had to TELL YOU to tell him to back off. You need to enforce, your dad's creeping me out long distance. [/quote]

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