Our kids can go a long time between seeing their grandparents, and we never forced them to hug them or anything. My dad though, he often forced a hug out of the

Our kids can go a long time between seeing their grandparents, and we never forced them to hug them or anything. My dad though, he often forced a hug out of them 10 seconds after us coming in the door, and then got pissed when they started crying. Just waiting half an hour often made our kids less shy and amenable to hugging, but that seems to be hard to understand.