As an adult, I am sensitive to body language. I live in a world that is not as literal as you might think.
Biden wanted to kiss her. She turned her face away and he stopped.
This girl knows what she likes and wants and does not want what any old authoritative adult would like.
It's behavior like hers that might stop clergy abuse of children and others. She was obviously taught to have a good self-image and good self-esteem by her parents. And it paid off.
She was taking care of herself and the moral awareness Biden has showed he got the message loud and clear.
When I talk to babies in the grocery store, as soon as they turn their little heads and gaze away from me I focus my remarks and feelings toward the mother. I respect their shyness and Biden respected the girl's feelings.
"If you go looking for the bad in a man, expecting to find it, you surely will."
--Abraham Lincoln
Biden sure looked like a Bad Bad man. repeatedly, like he's dense -