All the time by both of my parents. My parents were pretty good about that kind of thing. My wife and I are also pretty huggy. We give hugs to our kids and grandkids all the time and our boys will still climb onto the couch with us and lay their heads on our shoulders when we watch movies.

(This can be a pain if they fall asleep because my oldest boy is 12 and around 100 lbs. It's dang near impossible to carry his heavy butt into his bedroom! )

Throw on top of it that Buddhists seem to be big on hugs anyway (seriously, and none of use really get why) and nobody is safe around us ...