They are just First Graders

Well, I never thought this would happen but it has...

we are dealing with a first grader and a boy/girl relationship.

Not exactly comforting as a mommy.

Jack and a little girl at school have become very friendly. We have had to address playground kissing, which on many levels is very innocent, in and of itself. The kids have been separated in the classroom as much as the teacher is able. And just yesterday the two of them were asked to no longer play together at all, but to make new friends.

In an effort to be as aware of the situation as we can be, we invited the little girl to our home this past weekend. We were absolutely shocked by the way they interacted with each other. ALOT of touching. (Which Jack's love language is touch, so...) Jackson had his arm around her during the movie, she clung to him and kissed his cheeks when saying "goodbye". It was an interesting experience to say the least.

This is so hard, I want to teach Jack the age appropriateness of relationships, the appropriateness of touching/physical relationships, and do it in such a way that he understands that relationships are not bad or wrong. I never imagined we would be dealing with or thinking through these conversations with a first grader.

If any of you moms have had to deal with this, I'm taking any advice I can get. And please, we will take all the prayers we can get as well.