Boys behavior

[gooseyloosey]

I have a 5 year old boy.  He loves to give hugs.  What are the boundries if any to who he can hug?  He loves to hug both his girl and boy friends.  Is this a problem?

[SeriousSam]

Just make sure to teach him to ask people before he hugs them.

[babygirl6152]

We encourage hugs at our preschool and think it is adorable- It's friendly and loving- The older he gets- he should learn to ask- "Can I give you a hug?" and should be taught to hug as a teen from side to side and not full front-on...
the whole male- male thing is no problem for us at age 2-5- Someone else might say it will just starts to be more masculine after age 5 male- male to give high fives etc or "the brick knuckles" :-)
Basically you need to feel out the tolerance level in your playgroups for affection..... When and if you are ready to discourage it, tell him "it's just a rule"- because "a rule" is whatever YOU say it is!

NOW there are schools out there- and I know this sounds crazy- not sure how many that have zero tolerance for PDA- I am sure there is some cooky principal that may try to discipline a kindergarten student for  kissing on the playground. (maybe even hugging?)  Ask your school.