Idols Should Learn Not To Touch Other Peoples Kids, Especially When Their In The States

I'll say I'm Unsure about this, cuz literally no one has EVER mentioned this, so let me know yalls opinions down below.

I never understand why idols, especially when they go to the States, they'll see a random kid or baby - and try to reach out and touch their face or pick them up or even hold their hands.

Now I know this seems harmless, and maybe in Korea they can get away with it too some extent (especially from the compilations I've seen of Idols kissing someone else child on the face or having the toddler kiss them on the lips. And everyone standing around, including the parent just smiles and ohhh so cute blah blah blah). But in a Western country this for sure would not fly.

One example is I was watching NCT 127 vlog episode from when they were in the States, I think 2019. And jungwoo just walked up and tried to start shaking the baby hand out the blue, and the mother tried to smile about it, but immediatley picked her son up to walk away. Another one was when they was getting icecream at this truck and yuta just started talking to this little girl, probably between 7-8 yearls old, and he kept touching her knee while he was talking..not on no weird stuff, just every time he made a point he would hit her knee. and in my head im like pleaseeeee baby dont do that. you cant just be touching kids here in the states lmaoooo.

Point is, alot of people dont play about their kids, and what the idol think is cute and sweet, can be seen as creepy and you know what in another country. So they should just be cautious pretty much and self aware.

this is giving karen

you're 100% right!!

this one idol kissed this baby in Europe and who knows where his mouth been tf

imagine this being an issue. they can come to eastern europe and talk to the kids, hold baby's hand, pat them on the head, tell them they are cute. parents will think it's a sweet moment.

when bts were i hawaii they saw a baby with huge headphones and lost it

this being weird says a lot about your society

here 8 yo kids are going to school alone because it's safe, nobody thinks someone is going to happen to them. i was one of those kids. and as you can see i'm alive and well

only karens would think this way

Lol I too would walk away with my baby if a stranger came at them like that

'Murica.

If a stranger is approaching a random child on their own, yes.

But a baby or kid with their parents? I see people do this all the time to babies and kids in America.

Interesting convo, not sure why you needed to anon it but whatevs

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If a stranger is approaching a random child on their own, yes.

But a baby or kid with their parents? I see people do this all the time to babies and kids in America

I think it's becoming increasingly inappropriate though.

In a time when we are trying to teach kids values about bodily autonomy and consent, strangers approaching and touching random kids shouldn't be encouraged.

It should be entirely up to the parent AND the kid if they are comfortable being touched, hugged or interacted with

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this is giving karen

no its giving reality check.

if a random guy, idc how cute he is, came up to your little sister or baby brother and tried to kiss the kid in the mouth or start picking them up and holding them in the arms, and you dont even know that man, you wouldnt say anything???? or be like woahhhhhh who the heck are you??. like for "kpop" its "cute" i guess with idols doing it, but in REALITY, in the REAL WORLD, its not and can be dangerous for that idol in some cases

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Interesting convo, not sure why you needed to anon it but whatevs

I think it's becoming increasingly inappropriate though.

In a time when we are trying to teach kids values about bodily autonomy and consent, strangers approaching and touching random kids shouldn't be encouraged.

It should be entirely up to the parent AND the kid if they are comfortable being touched, hugged or interacted with

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no its giving reality check.

if a random guy, idc how cute he is, came up to your little sister or baby brother and tried to kiss the kid in the mouth or start picking them up and holding them in the arms, and you dont even know that man, you wouldnt say anything???? or be like woahhhhhh who the heck are you??. like for "kpop" its "cute" i guess with idols doing it, but in REALITY, in the REAL WORLD, its not and can be dangerous for that idol in some cases

agree with you both

I have literally never once seen an idol walk up to a random kid in the street and try to kiss them on the lips. The only times I've ever seen idols kiss kids is when they have spent a lot of time with them and have a rapport with them. If an idol is walking up to a random kid in the street and kissing them on the lips that's a problem with the individual idol, not their culture.

Every culture has their own idiosyncrasies that other countries find different/weird/strange. And every culture will behave the way they're brought up regardless of which country they're in because they don't often realise that other countries do it differently

It's like when American's go to another country and are yelling all the time because that's what they do in their own country but in other countries yelling is a really rude and inappropriate thing to do. Or (as I have experienced in the past) tried to leave a tip where tipping is considered rude and then got upset when we've tried to return the money. It's just different cultures and cultures clashing.

If we're going to call out one culture or expect one culture to learn the ways of the country they're going to, then everyone should be called out the same way otherwise it comes off as entitled behaviour to expect everyone to do what your country does.