Is 13 too young to start dating?

Question

personally, i think when you enter high school you should be allowed to start dating...what do you think?

Answer 1

yes ma'am

Answer 2

i think 13 is an age that is too young too date, because at those ages what do they know. they only take relationships as a game. i think when they enter high school still isn't the age yet to start dating, maybe when they are 17. i think that would be a good age to start dating. at least they have some sort of insight of what will happen to them if they did some sort of things that they weren't supposed to do.

Answer 3

First I think the term "dating" needs to be defined. If you mean going out with a guy around your age with a group of friends to the movies and dinner and being home by 10ish... then I think dating is fine at 13. Maybe even healthy for a 13 year old's self esteem. However, if you mean one-on-one dates with no outside supervision where temptations to make out, hang all over each other, and worse aren't kept in check... then no, you'd be better off staying home and watching boring sit coms with your parents.

I was 13 once, so believe me, I know that at that age you think you're responsible enough to handle anything. But realistically, you're not. That's not saying you're not smart - but it has been proven that a person's brain has not even fully developed by that point. You may be mature, intelligent, and able to make some good decisions, but the fact still remains that you don't have the tools in your emotional toolbelt that you'll have just a few years later.

Answer 4

13 is way too young. Don't try to grow up so fast. Relationships are hard, confusing and stressful, you don't need that when you are barely a teenager. I started dating when I was 16 and honestly, if I could go back, I wouldn't have started dating until I was 18, it is just a huge emotional drain during the good times and the bad. You have the rest of your life to date, relax.

Answer 5

I think "group dating" is fine, like going out with male and female friends to a movie. I would not object to that. But I definately think that 13 is too young to be actually going out on 1-on-1 dates with boys.
I think 15 or 16 may be more appropriate.

Answer 6

I think dateing would be ok as long as my son or daughter knew the boundrys. I feel that in order to find the right person that you want to spend the rest of your life with you have to go out and test the waters to make sure you know what you want. I feel that to date and have a realationship but not an intimate relationship is acceptable for a 13 year old just to get to know the diffrent personalitys of men or (boys) i should say. You will learn how to spot a cheater and how to spot a nice boy who will buy you everything and in the end a man (when your older) who will compliment you in every way. I never really dated and I regret it because I ended up in bad relationships and I had sex to soon in those relationships. I also got pregnant to fast in that relationship and soon learned that a relationship is about someone you feel comfortable with and who compliments you when your sad they can cheer you up or someone who is anoying but you can deal with it every day. I guess Im just saying be smart if you do date look inside yourself for what you really want in a partner and dont let anyone tell you what you want or what you should do. And do not have sex with any boy until your older lol!!

Answer 7

Doing anything during puberty is risky. Boys and girls at this stage in life with all of the rapid and drastic changes your bodies and minds are going through, things can be tough enough. Add into that a mix of boys and girls rubbing up against each other, saying things to each other that they know nothing about, trying to compete with the next pubescent couple and you have an explosion of bad decisions waiting to happen. I would say wait until puberty is over, about 16 or 17 is a good age. By that time, you're more reasonable in your thinking and you don't have the baggage of doing something you're not supposed to be doing at such a young age. Sex and relationships are things that are best left to those who have the age and capacity to handle the consequences of what those things bring, you know what I'm talking about.

Answer 8

I think so. At this tender age you are in the process of beginning to learn about yourself and how to take care of your needs. It is not possible for you to take care of someone else's needs when you are in the process of getting to know your own. You can't give something you don't have. Yes you may seem you can, but it will catch up with you and your relationship will fail. When you look back in life, you'll see that the reason it didn't work was because you started to soon and really didn't know what you were doing. Then you'll see and understand that you were too young and it was a mistake.

Enjoy your early years in learning of yourself so that one day you can give of yourself in a relation and enjoy it to the max.

Answer 9

Yes I think 13 is way too young to start dating.

Answer 10

Yes, I believe that 13 is too young to start dating. A 13 year old may be able to handle group outings but they are not mature enough to handle single dating.

Answer 11

13 is way too young to start dating. The purpose of dating is to find a spouse. Who wants a spouse at 13?