@iamcardib Model boundaries. Don’t force children to hug relatives. Allow them to say “no” or to appear rude if they don’t want to interact. Let them be autonomous rather than being conditioned people pleasers concerned with making others comfortable.
This world is full of predators. They prey on the innocent. The ones who are most unknowing, our children. Predators could be our neighbors, our school teachers, even people wit money ,power & our churches. Constantly talk with your kids about boundaries and what they shouldn’t allow people to do to them.