Celebrities who kiss their children on the mouth 2026

How many times have we seen fathers and mothers kiss their children on the mouth or vice versa? These displays of affection and love or simple gestures of greeting and/or farewell have long been the focus of controversy.

Every time a public figure appears kissing his or her son or daughter on the mouth, there is no shortage of critical and disapproving comments about this practice. Some of its detractors consider it inappropriate to kiss children on the mouth, since, according to their defense, it can cause confusion in the little ones: they kiss on the mouth because they see us giving a kiss to our partners or because we give it to them and they return it to us and they may consider that this is the usual way of greeting everyone. However, for the defenders of this practice it is nothing more than a completely natural act, which only reflects the love of a mother or father towards their children, without any type of different connotation. Furthermore, they maintain that it cannot cause confusion if it is explained and talked to children. These are the two opposing positions that clash every time this topic appears.

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What do the experts think? For a few years now, psychologist and associate clinical professor of psychology at UCLA, Dr. Charlotte Reznick has been positioning herself against this practice for years, considering that it is controversial and that it can confuse children. In addition, she argues that parents are faced with the dilemma of when to stop doing it, because "it starts when they are little, but how do you mark the end of this practice?" He also argues that it is possible that children try to kiss classmates or other people on the mouth simply because they are imitating the learned behavior and this can cause some problems. For their part, defenders of kissing on the mouth assure that it is something that, in most cases, eventually stops being done naturally. Dr Fiona Martin, from the Sydney Child Psychology Centre, considers it a natural gesture of affection, normal and healthy. As we see, opinions of all kinds.

On the other hand, paying more attention to health issues, the Spanish Society of Pediatric Dentistry assures that kissing children on the mouth increases the chances of children suffering from cavities, since the microbes that cause cavities are acquired. They say the same thing happens with habits such as cleaning the pacifier with saliva or the nipple of the baby bottle. Boticaria García states in an entry on her blog that we must not forget that children's immune system is more immature and that, through the mouth, diseases such as flu and colds, herpes, warts, hepatitis B and mononucleosis can be transmitted. In addition, it points out that dental cavities and gingivitis can also be transmitted through saliva.

These are the most used arguments when talking about this topic and the debate opens again and again when the photo of a famous person kissing his children on the mouth comes to the fore, as happened recently with one that Sergio Ramos uploaded to his Instagram account kissing his little one (photo above). Below, we compile some of those images:

Victoria Beckham

His kiss with Harper has filled social media with antagonistic reactions. What's wrong with kissing your child on the mouth? What do you think about it? Do you do it with your baby? The truth is that there are opinions for all tastes.

Nicole Richie

The designer is a supporter of the trend that conceives this act as something natural between mother and child; one more sign of affection, without any type of sexual connotation, or anything embarrassing.

Jennifer Garner

Effusively, this is how the actress kisses her son. However, detractors such as psychologist Charlotte Reznick advise against it completely. His argument is based on the possible confusion that the child could have, since the lips are an area reserved for romantic or sexual gestures, as he argues.

Heidi Klum

Kissing your children on the mouth could be related to each person's cultural traditions or customs. The model has no qualms about doing it with her son Henry Samuel and showing that it is something natural.

Martha Ortega

The daughter of the second richest man in the world (only surpassed by Bill Gates), Amancio Ortega, cannot resist kissing her son, little Amancio.

Sergio Ramos

The soccer player adores his two children and has no problem kissing them on the mouth in public, like the day he celebrated the European champion title. The Real Madrid captain has always cared little about what others say about him, something he has demonstrated again by uploading a photo on his Instagram account giving his son a kiss on the mouth during their honeymoon vacation.

Paula Echevarria

Paula Echevarría and her daughter Daniela also starred in this tender photo a few years ago, showing their affection naturally. Some detractors of kissing children on the mouth, such as the Spanish Society of Pediatric Dentistry, claim that it could cause cavities in children, caused by bacteria in the mouth.

Jessica Alba

The protagonist of “The Fantastic Four” is dying of love for her daughter Haven Warren and took the opportunity a while ago to tenderly kiss her on the lips.