AUDIO: NO UNWANTED HUGS THIS HOLIDAY
Girl Scouts of the USA is reminding parents not to force their young daughters to hug guests during the holidays. The organization released a reminder that telling your child to give hugs could give them the wrong idea about “consent and physical affection.” Girl Scouts asks parents if they’ve ever insisted “Your Uncle just got here – go give him a big hug!” or “Your Aunt gave you that nice toy, go give her a kiss.” The Scouts say that these behaviors, suggesting a girl owes someone a hug because she hasn’t seen them in a while or they gave her a nice gift, can cause her to question later in life whether she “owes” someone physical affection because they have done something nice for her.
* Also, you can never get your aunt’s perfume scent out of your clothes.
* Unwanted hugs. Anybody else picturing Joe Biden? Ewwww!
* If you feel bad about appearing standoffish, just tell everyone you have the measles.
* Let’s institute the “Christmas Fistmas-bump”! [MorningSidekick patent pending]
CLIP: Our classic “No Wet Kisses From Grandma” parody spot.
