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Originally posted by jbondo
reply to post by pai mei
You want to know my twist on it?
First you stop the study of creation in school.
Then you stop kids from praying in school.
Now they stop kids from hugging.
You know what happens during Christian interaction? A great deal of hugging.
In Fairfax County, Va., Kilmer Middle School has banned not just hugging, but all physical contact — including high fives.
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“You get into shades of gray,” Kilmer Principal Deborah Hernandez told the Associated Press earlier this year. “The kids say, ‘If he can high-five, then I can do this.’” It’s not just in America, either. Last year, a school for children 11-18 in Great Britain told students to stop hugging so much.
“Hugging was happening extensively and becoming the norm. We were worried it might become inappropriate. So we nipped it in the bud,” headmaster Steven Kenning told “The Times” [of London].
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As with everything related to school, some parents like it and some don’t.
“It’s a highly hormonal age, so for me, I’d rather she didn’t go around hugging,” Antonia Fernandez, a parent, told NBC.
www.msnbc.msn.com...
Originally posted by tetsujin420
It stands for Personal Display of Affection.