In my culture, children are expected to greet everyone at a family gathering with a hug and a kiss, but my daughter hated it.

As Valentine’s Day draws near, candy hearts emblazoned with XOXO, as in “hugs and kisses,” remind us that love is in the air. But why XO? Why not AB? Or XY? It turns out that XO, which has been ...

What better place is there to express your parenting concerns than the good ol' internet? A mother under the username pleasecreateausername recently shared her frustrations about her daughter being ...

To the lengthy, sorrowful list of losses from the pandemic, add these: hugs unexchanged, visits unmade, hands unheld. Just when many feel they need it the most, the comfort of physical closeness is ...

Variations of the expression XOXO have been in the cultural lexicon for years. Maybe you associate those two letters with Gossip Girl (or its recent reboot), which featured them as the cheeky sign-off ...

BINGHAMTON, NY -- Go ahead: Give your partner a hug or cuddle while you catch some Netflix. According to recently published research from Binghamton University, State University of New York, it just ...