Hugging and the holidays often go together, but the Girl Scouts warns that forced hugging can send a wrong message to young girls. The article put out by the Girl Scouts comes at a time when there is ...

The Girl Scouts are addressing the national conversation on girls learning how to handle unwanted physical touching, and they say that can involve unwanted hugs from well-meaning family members and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Girl Scouts have issued some advice about not making children hug relatives to show affection. (Photo: Getty Images) Girl Scouts ...

The Girl Scouts are reminding parents that when it's time for the family to get together for the holidays, it's not a good idea to force girls to give physical affection to relatives if they don't ...