K-I-S-S-I-N-G

Rob and Jessica sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G.

Today Aaron came up to me right before lunch and said, "Yesterday, during rest time, Rob and Jessica were kissing." (rest time is 10 min. after lunch they can take their jackets and lay down with the lights off. Sometimes I hear giggling from the corner.)
"Kissing?" I asked. He nodded his head "yes". I asked, "Where were they kissing?" He pointed to a desk. I said, "No, I mean where on their bodies?" He told me on their lips.

This baffled me. Rob and Jessica have had problems in the past. Last year he pushed her and slammed her finger in a door. Her mother came to the school with a police officer in tow and demanded to see the principal. Twice.

So I asked Jessica if she kissed Rob, and she started crying her eyes out. She said "yes, but I didn't tell her mom and dad" because she didn't want to get in trouble. She said, "Rob told me to kiss him so I did." At this point I could't tell if she was crying because she thought she was in trouble or because she really didn't want to kiss him. Then she said, "Aaron and Brad were kissing Rob too!"
WHAT!?

So after lunch I said, "Raise your hand if you kissed someone yesterday during rest time." Slowly their hands went up. One, two, three. "Be honest, please," I said. Four, five. Six. Seven. Every one of my kids had their hand raised! Girls kissing boys, boys kissing boys.

So we talked about why it's not OK to kiss each other. Germs, feelings, no touching, etc. I told them I have to call all their parents an tell them about this. Jack started getting very worked up, red in the face, panting, saying he's going to get grounded and get a detention. I called all their parents and told them to talk to their child about no kissing and no touching at school. Jessica's mom was worried that she kissed a girl. She says her own sister is gay, so Jessica might pick up on that.
Yes, it's that contagious.