{"id":46007,"date":"2026-08-15T05:38:46","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T00:38:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=46007"},"modified":"2026-08-15T05:38:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T00:38:46","slug":"why-incoming-freshmen-at-one-oklahoma-high-school-must-give-their-mothers-a-goodbye-kiss-on-their-first-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=46007","title":{"rendered":"Why incoming freshmen at one Oklahoma high school must give their mothers a goodbye kiss on their first day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>For incoming freshmen at Bishop Kelley High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma, it&#8217;s hard to imagine a more mortifying first day.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>All the seniors surround their cars and don&#8217;t let them out until they do one specific thing: give their mothers a goodbye kiss. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We hold the car, we hold the car door, preventing it from opening,&#8221; one senior Bishop Kelly student told CBS News. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s like initiation, like, we all did it,&#8221; said another. <\/p>\n<p>It can also be a father or a guardian. The point is that someone needs to be publicly thanked with a peck on the cheek.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>All the freshmen know this is coming. In fact, it is now a 26-year school tradition.<\/p>\n<p>Before this, seniors still greeted the freshmen on day one. But back then the &#8220;welcome&#8221; was a little more biting. It was based more on pranks. That is, until the class of 2001 decided to be kinder while also making the newbies feel just a little bit uncomfortable.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I wouldn&#8217;t have wanted to kiss my mom as a freshman,&#8221; said Sister Mary Hanah, the school&#8217;s president. <\/p>\n<p>Sister Mary Hanah said she can relate to the reluctance, but she thinks that Biblical rule, to honor thy mother and father, made the top 10 list for a reason.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And you know who the happiest people are in this whole thing? &#8230; The mothers,&#8221; Sister Mary Hanah said. &#8220;This is a big moment for them, especially if this is their first child or their last child.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It is a rite of passage. 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