According
to this New York Times article, hugging is very popular among high
school students. A video on the site mentions Hug High School, and
calls teenage hugging a "sociological phenomenon." (Hey, whatever
floats your sociological boat.)
But at some schools, the big bad
grown-ups decided that enough is enough. The Times tells us that
"schools from Hillsdale, N.J., to Bend, Ore., wary in a litigious era
about sexual harassment or improper touching — or citing hallway
clogging and late arrivals to class — have banned hugging or imposed a
three-second rule."
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