Good Wolf

I was in love at the age of 16. I loved my HS sweet heart 10 times more than my first wife. It is a real shame too because she turned out to be a dirty whore.

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jtee

Our 12 year old has lot of boys chasing after her. So far my wife has successfully convinced her that it more fun being "Just Friends" with all them, than having a single boyfriend. That way she can have lot of boys as friends and not hurt anybody feelings. This year that approach has seemed to worked. Various boys like getting her attention and vice-versa.

6th grade boy don't concern me, they think they are hitting a home run of they get a girl to sit next to them during lunch. I more of concerned about the 8th grade boys who have taken a liking to our daughter. For 11-12 year old 6th grade girls, having an 8th grade boy take an interest in them is a very big deal. Pretty much every night at dinner we get a daily recap of all the middle school drama that has happened. What I am glad about is that it is, for the most part, pretty innocent stuff. No drugs, no weapons in the school, sexual experimenting appears to be pretty mild (PG-13 stuff).

Teresa

Group dating at 15, one on one dating no earlier than 16, and it's dependent on maturity and responsibility. Before 15, they always "said" they had bf/gf, but there wasn't any sort of dating, it was just a status thing at school.

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KRan7

I worry about my kids getting too involved at young ages. I have a 12 year old daughter and she is so cute (if I do say so myself). She is always talking about this boy or that and her friends tease her about the boys she has crushes on. I think it is all very innocent at this point.

My worry is that there is such a screwed up idea of dating. If you watch any teeny bopper shows they are doing way too much kissing, hugging, hand holding etc. for my liking. Call me old fashion, but if kids are "dating" and that means they have crushes I'm okay. If they are dating and doing some of the kissing and stuff-I say no way, not until they are 18 or older. I say group activities until they are 18 and then they can date, but the idea is to learn about and experience characteristics of as many other people as possible.

meow_173

i totally agree with you!

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AmyElizabeth

My daughter is 15 and I let her date. In the past year or two it's always been "boyfriends," they go to movies and on "dates" but it's never really been more than that. It was always cute hearing about the drama in middle school, who liked who. She's starting to date for real now, boys that she has things in common with that aren't just "cute" and I'll admit it worries me a little but I trust her.

She's extremely smart and she's made it clear to me that she doesn't think teenagers are mature enough to make decisions about sex and that she is staying abstinent until marriage. I do make sure to meet the boys she dates, but she has good taste and they're usually sweet boys.

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jazili

Wow that's truth true love..., rarely found this stuff on regular life...