MetaFilter posts tagged with hugging

For Teenagers, Hello Means ‘How About a Hug?’

ericb — Thu, 28 May 2009 16:37:07 -0800

For this generation of teens hugging [video | 02:35] seems to be all the rage at high schools around the U.S. “A measure of how rapidly the ritual is spreading is that some students complain of peer pressure to hug to fit in.” And in some schools hugging has banned. “Touching and physical contact is very dangerous territory,” said Noreen Hajinlian, the principal at a junior high school in Hillsdale, N.J., where hugging has been banned for two years.

Girl forced to apologize for hugging

bubblesonx — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 07:36:23 -0800

5 year old girl forced to apologize for hugging classmate At issue is a hug Savannah said she got on the playground from a friend named Sophie. Savannah hugged Sophie back. The hugs resulted in Savannah having to write a letter, complete with teacher corrections, that read, "I touch Sophie because she touch me and I didn't like it because she was hugging me. I didn't like when she hugged me."

KLAX — Tue, 15 Jan 2002 15:54:17 -0800

It's official... Kids at Paddock Elementary School love hugging!!