Mayo 9, 2011

Kissing! Yay!!!

35 komento:

Triangle Man ayon kay ...

Cute, but does it cross a line? The adult on the audio seems to think so.

Kensington ayon kay ...

That was cute.

I hope they didn't shag later that day, though. With the modern schools, you never can tell.

I remember my first kiss. I was about that boy's age. The little girl down the block and I accidentally locked ourselves in a garage. She freaked out, so I kissed her to calm her down. It worked.

But then as soon as someone let us out she told everyone that I kissed her. I was soooooooooooo embarrassed.

chuck b. ayon kay ...

Will this make me throw up if I watch it?

Triangle Man ayon kay ...

Will this make me throw up if I watch it?

If two kids sharing a first kiss makes you puke, then yes, you will totally barf because that is exactly what happens.

Ann Althouse ayon kay ...

"Cute, but does it cross a line? The adult on the audio seems to think so."

The adult is the personification of the origin of shame.

Ann Althouse ayon kay ...

I love the look on the boy's face at 0:18.

Kensington ayon kay ...

Are we sure these two aren't brother and sister? Maybe that's why the adult starts freaking out.

Palladian ayon kay ...

If you want to talk about shame and embarrassment, try being a 5 year old boy who is caught by his daycare worker sharing his first kiss with a boy named Lance underneath the hollow concrete turtle in the courtyard of the Garment Worker's Union preschool.

edutcher ayon kay ...

The little boy is going to be dangerous at close range in about 10 years.

Ann Althouse said...

"Cute, but does it cross a line? The adult on the audio seems to think so."

The adult is the personification of the origin of shame.


I would say she's more interested in respect and propriety, but shame isn't bad.

A little more shame in this society and we wouldn't have venereal disease (AIDS, among others), unwed mothers, absentee fathers, and drug abuse at the levels we do.

ricpic ayon kay ...

The first notch on his belt.

Palladian ayon kay ...

Yes, shame is a great anti-viral!

No shame-filled person has ever gotten a sexually-transmitted disease!

Shame-filled people never resort to anonymous sex in restrooms and bushes!

edutcher ayon kay ...

Palladian said...

Yes, shame is a great anti-viral!

No shame-filled person has ever gotten a sexually-transmitted disease!

Shame-filled people never resort to anonymous sex in restrooms and bushes!


Oh, cram it.

The phrase, "My God, what would people say?", (or even, "My mother/father would kill me") has kept a lot of people from making some very stupid mistakes.

Patrick ayon kay ...

That could be either really sweet or creepy, so I'll just go with sweet. Maybe a little creepy to put it on the Youtube.

ricpic ayon kay ...

The "liberation" from shame insures civilizational decline. But the withit people would just call that statement being priggish. And the most important thing is to be withit. We all know that.

ricpic ayon kay ...

ensures not insures

traditionalguy ayon kay ...

I thought of was Elizabeth Taylor's first screen test. There was no fear visible in either child's face.

MadisonMan ayon kay ...

Why would someone be video-ing it?

It's not like what this kid has done is unusual, or noteworthy, except in the eyes of the parent.

Parents: You're kids just aren't all that.

erictrimmer ayon kay ...

Kissing is an intimate act. It can spread disease. There are more reasons kids shouldn't be kissing than any perceived shamefulness.

erictrimmer ayon kay ...

Burp at :28 seconds. I missed that the first time. Funny.

KCFleming ayon kay ...

"The adult is the personification of the origin of shame."

Pace Palladian, shame is under-rated, and (now) rarely used.

Though not infallible, its absence has led to, among other things, the assholes you despise wielding strollers like steamboats, Wisconsin doctors lying on camera about work excuses, and slutwalkers.

The idea in the 60s and 70s was that once shame was abolished, we could all be our true selves.

It failed miserably.

MadisonMan ayon kay ...

Here's the deal: Stop pushing your kids' "cute" antics in my face, and I'll stop telling you how to raise them.

(Although I rarely tell, and only if asked, but that doesn't mean I'm not thinking it)

erictrimmer ayon kay ...

"shame is under-rated, and (now) rarely used."

I'd say it's frequently used... to discourage smoking, overeating, believing in God and expressing conservative political views.

KCFleming ayon kay ...

Good point.

The Puritans have merely changed their God, their devil, and their sins.

Palladian ayon kay ...

.... but not their underpants.

Fred4Pres ayon kay ...

Did she slip him some tongue?

That was bad, I denounce myself.

It is actually kind of cute, till you realize they are brother and sister.

Fred4Pres ayon kay ...

But it is okay, they are Felini fans.

erictrimmer ayon kay ...

You guys are so irreverent. Have you no shame?

Hindi-nagpakilala ayon kay ...

Shame not needed. I explained it to my kids as this: A kiss is a very important promise. Little children are not yet ready to make those kind of promises.

Years later, I asked them what a kiss was, and they remembered.

erictrimmer ayon kay ...

"A kiss is a very important promise."

I think that's wise and I'll tell it to my own kids when they are older. But I wonder how many people think you're a prude for making such a big deal about kissing.

Big Mike ayon kay ...

Daddy needs to take little Elliott aside and explain a couple of things to him:

(1) A gentleman does not kiss and tell.

(2) If a girl says "no," she means no. Cease and desist with the kissing, fondling, or whatever else you are doing.

Ignore advice to the contrary from Yale fraternity members.

Freeman Hunt ayon kay ...

Encouraging kids to perform adult romantic actions creeps me out.

If the kids spontaneously kissed each other, that might be cute. (Though if I were the parent, I'd remember to later talk to my kid about kissing and what it means. And I wouldn't be high-fiving my son like, "Way to go with the conquest of that babe!")

Having some adult there leering at them with a camera, hoping they'll kiss each other is, to me, creepy.

It's creepy the way making tiny girls up to look like adult women is creepy.

Methadras ayon kay ...

That was cute, but you clearly see the personification of the shame and guilt in the voice of the woman telling the boy "Elliot, no more." We actually got to watch sexual repression of the innocent occur.

Skyler ayon kay ...

They entitle it "Kissing Yay" but at the same time they keep telling the kids to stop kissing.

Are they afraid they're going to start copulating in public?

What a strange reaction.

Cute kids.

erictrimmer ayon kay ...

Skyler,

They're afraid they'll start copulating in private... not as a result of this innocent kissing, of course, and not for ten years or so.

Hindi-nagpakilala ayon kay ...

Pogo said...
"The idea in the 60s and 70s was that once shame was abolished, we could all be our true selves. It failed miserably."

No, it succeeded miserably.

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