‘Question to Parents:’ La La Anthony Shares Photo of Son Disliking Her Kiss, Many Say They Can Relate

A lot of people said they could relate to La La Anthony after she posted a photo of her kissing her 13-year-old son Kiyan Anthony.

In the image she shared on Instagram Tuesday, March 10, she’s leaning over Kiyan while planting a smooch on the side of his head.

La La Anthony (R) shared a photo that showed her kissing her son Kiyan Anthony (L) and his not being very pleased about it. (Photo: Theo Wargo/Getty Images Entertainment via Getty Images)

Kiyan doesn’t look pleased about the kiss at all and has his face scrunched up like he just bit into something sour. According to the post, the photo was taken in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

“QUESTION to parents of teenagers…is this how they usually react when you try and kiss them? 😩😩😩😩😩,” La La asked her 10.2 million Instagram followers.

“Yes…especially in public😂😂😂,” one person answered.

“Absolutely… my son says ‘mom what are you doing 😂😂,'” wrote someone else

“All day every day..except when they are sick ,” a third person stated.

But there were others who said their teen doesn’t mind getting kisses from mom.

“Nope. Mine loves when I kiss him and he usually is the one kissing me, 💋” wrote one of Anthony’s followers.

“My daughter just turned 13 too,” another person chimed in. “She usually doesn’t mind. So long as no one is watchin 🤣🤣💋💋💋💋💋.”

Anthony shared two other photos in that same post as well. One shows both of her arms wrapped around Kiyan while he cracks what looks to be a reluctant smile. In the next shot, Anthony flashes a wide smile while holding him.

Her post received over 339,000 likes since it was shared, with nearly 6,000 comments left.

In one of them, one parent told Anthony what to expect from her son as he grows older. She also said things may get worse before they get better, but he’ll eventually change again.

“They go through a little hateful phase but eventually get over that hump,” that person warned. “Yeah they pretty much start liking you back 18 through 25, it’s a hit or miss thing. I’m on teenager number three so this is it.”

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