To report this to the school?

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Genuinely not sure if I'm being pathetic or not.
DS is 5 and in reception. Last week he mentioned that he was getting married to a girl in his class and I kind of laughed it off and all was forgotten.
I was reading him a story at bedtime and it mentioned the girls name and he said 'I'm not getting married to girl anymore, we had an argument' as we got chatting a little bit he said a boy in his class told him he was to kiss this girl and he said he didn't want to so they had this argument. I didn't want to make a big deal of it so we just carried on with the story.
So basically a boy told him to kiss another girl but my DS refused.
Arnt they a little young to be talking about kissing etc?
And AIBU to want to talk to his teacher about it?
Sorry for typos I'm on my phone

Having watched secret lives of five year olds I’d say that sounds totally normal!

Soinds pretty normal to me, they are just figuring out the world around them!

Completely normal. Good on your ds for saying no and standing his ground!

Normal but schools usually teach no kissing

I'd say that's normal. I really wouldn't report it to the school - what would you hope for them to do as a result of you reporting it? I would just reassure ds that he doesn't ever have to kiss anyone if he doesn't want to and let him know that if that kind of conversation upsets him he can tell his teacher himself.

We played kiss chase from around that age.

Totally normal my 5 yr old DS has a girlfriend apparently she likes a kiss but she swaps boyfriends each week sometimes she has 2 or 3!!

Thank you for your replys.
Quite relived to know it's normal at his age. He's my first so it's new to me also. I did tell him it was great that he said no and not to listen at what others tell him to do.

I wouldn't ring the school. Save calls for important things or they won't take you seriously if you need them to. This is normal for this age-heard of kiss chase? Agree with cassandra-just reassure him and make light of it and he will be fine. Later you will wonder why you even worried about it but we all do it at times. Be glad he can tell you things mine always have but know its not always the case for everyone.

I think what I was thinking was if my son went up to another child and kissed them then fair enough but didn't think it was right that another child was telling him to do it. However reading your replies I gather it's normal for his age group

It’s the girls chasing the boys to kiss them at my 6 year olds school. Just chat to him about it.

Normal - kids know grown ups kiss and therefore do it too. Its not sexual for them, its just copying life. Plus a lot of them play kiss chase in the playgrounds when the teachers aren't looking.

I'd use this to talk to your ds about consent in age appropriate way. He didn't want to kiss her and he stood up for himself and didn't kiss her. That was the right thing to do because no one should do anything they don't want to do. Kissing is for grown ups, and should only be done when both people involved want to do it.

But playing marriage, and kissing on the lips (as in a quick peck on the lips) is completely normal for this age.