Hug facts for kids

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Graduation hugs
Two people hugging

A hug is an embrace between two or more people. It is usually a sign of affection or love.

In several cases observed by psychologists around the globe, hugs are often used to solidify relationships in both sexual and platonic cases and often lead to further physical encounters.

Health

A hug is very good for people. Hugging can release a chemical called Oxytocin, which helps make a person feel less stressed. It also helps a person's immune system, and makes them feel less pain. Hugs can even help a person stay calm in a stressful situation.

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Images for kids

  • Wedding hugs

    A hug can be a sign of joy or happiness

  • Celebrating gold

    A hug after a sporting victory

  • Bromances

    A group hug among young men show their close friendship

  • Harry and stella

    Hugging cats

  • Self-portrait with Her Daughter by Elisabeth-Louise Vigée Le Brun

    Madame Vigée-Lebrun et sa fille, by Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, 1789

  • El Beso (Pinacoteca de Brera, Milán, 1859)

    The Kiss, by Francesco Hayez, 1859

  • Glassy embrace

    Glassy embrace, a glass sculpture depicting a hug


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