If they are not willing to do that then clearly they don't belong in a relationship with my child. We believe in not focusing so much on romantic relationships at a young age - you have the rest of your life to be exclusive with someone, youth should be for making friends, finding yourself, setting goals for the future.
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But we will teach them our beliefs and we will set rules. We're not going to lock them up and throw away the key but neither are we going to encourage them to become involved in situations that they are too young to properly handle.
Again, I am more than aware that these believes are contrary to pretty much everyone else on here but I believe as adults we should be able to have a respectful conversation about differing beliefs. My 14 year old daughter starts high school later this week. Since roughly January, I believe there is a mutual "dating interest" between her and this boy she has been friends with since 8 years old.
She is not allowed to text him. I've seen enough things on the news and well, have certainly been caught up in some mildly inappropriate texting of my own with my wife! My daughter is very understanding of this. I was 16 when she was born and I think I hope she understands that I'm not being hypocritical when I discourage young sex, but I'm just wanting better things, a brighter future for her.
I'm not too worried about the sexual component of young dating, given the situation, but at what point do I approve of her "dating"? Is 14 normal these days and as parents, what control do we really have over this? I have a 14 year old daughter who will be starting high school next week.
I'm wondering if this will start to come up. I didn't have any romantic interests in middle or high school, nor did I have many friends who were boys. In fact, mostly the opposite, the boys I knew were all pretty mean, so I can't really relate any of this to my own experiences, even if I could remember back that far.
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My daughter does text some kids from her middle school, including at least one boy. They all seem pretty young for their ages, though, not like they are looking to pair off. I think there was only one girl in her 6th grade class who had a boyfriend. Most of her friends do not have any romantic attachments, and none of them seem overly interested at this point. She went to summer camp this year, and met a boy that I think she texted once.
He lives nowhere around here. My husband think she's more interested in friends and developing socially in that way, and working up the courage to be interested in dating. She's never been very social, this summer was kind of a flowering. Not only did she ask me to take her shopping for clothes this summer, she's done more things socially with friends.
She has this one friend from kindergarten, and that girl apparently did have a boyfriend recently, because I keep hearing about the friend's "ex" which just seems funny to me. I don't think they ever dated in any typical way, they were just friends in daycamp together, maybe they texted, I don't know.
DD went on her first dates this last year she was and in 9th grade. Our rules are it must be in a group and no being at houses without adults. It was a little funny because she had her first boyfriend starting in January. Ended up talking to the parents and found out that while we said, "she can date" and they said, "he can't date" we had virtually identical rules. They didn't want 1: Once they understood our rules, he was allowed to "date. I think it was completely age appropriate. DD first expressed an interest in a boy and had it expressed back when she was 6th grade.
They both wanted the other to know they "liked" each other but had no interest in going anywhere and doing anything together. DS is almost 12 going into 6th grade and has zero interest in girls or boys in a romantic or sexual way. He told me in the not too distant past that he is a "late bloomer". My sons are 17 and They were allowed to start dating at I work with too many teen moms who all began "dating" at 12 and These mothers have shared that they began having sex as they felt ready since they had been dating for several years. It is something we talked over with our boys and they understood.
It seems to have worked for us. That's the kind of home I grew up in. I think it did help to a degree but maybe my rebellious spirit allowed me to choose to ignore my families beliefs. Then again I was 18 the first time I slept with my boyfriend so theres that. Mine is 11 so we have a while yet but I'm wondering what dating age is these days. When I was a kid we had to be 16 to date. Some kids started dating a bit at 15 I guess.
I have friends whose kids seem to be dating younger than this. I don't know how it works when they can't drive. What age was it in your house, or what age do you anticipate it will be? Linda on the move. TiredX2 and HappyHappyMommy like this.
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Sometimes I still think about him, and I know I loved him but it was an unhealthy relationship, and I can't quite think of why I would miss that. I know I loved him but I wasn't IN love with him, there's a difference. I first dated at 15, I'm now almost Don't let your first relationship set your standards because it has ruined all of my friends.. I first dated a boy for a year, but it wasn't what I wanted.
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I'm now with a girl and have been for over a year and I'm happy as ever. It's my second relationship. I was 17 and I went on my first real 'date'. I was excited and I was a little nervous, but it went well. We didn't kiss until we had been dating for awhile because I was SO nervous! I really liked him though, so I'm glad at least my first kiss really meant something to both of us.
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It was gross though, but things like that of course get better with time ;. I'm 14 now and still with the same guy. It's almost been a year and 5 months: When we first started going out it was awkward but we got to know eachother better and yeah it's great haha. I was like, 13! I'm 15 now and I still haven't been on a "real" date, but I'm definitely excited. I still get butterflies and turn bright red around guys I like, sooo that's great, but everyone will always have a little kid in them about dating: My first "date" was in 6th grade.
My second started the end of freshman year up till middle of my junior year. This was kind of stupid unnecessary drama with the breaking up and making ups, BUT I learned a lot about how to handle relationships and whatnot. My current began the summer after I graduated high school and now in my sophomore year of college, age So glad I spent my senior year single!
Dating in high school was really dumb haha. Okay i first "dated" or was seeing this guy when I was 14, but it was nothing serious. Only for a month.