?How old should your daughter be to have a boyfriend?

Answer 1

I don't think that girls should be allowed to date exclusively until they are AT LEAST 16 years old (for some girls, it should be more). They just aren't mature enough, and it only encourages them to grow up too fast.

Answer 2

Depends on what type of boyfriend we're talking about. A school boyfriend, you know passing notes and holding hands shouldn't have an age restriction. Dates should be reserved till the girl is old enough to be trusted, anywhere between 14 and 16. I think group dates are great for kids up to age 16.

Answer 3

Well, i myself am a 14 year old english girl. In England, i think we have quite different ways of life to America. But, this situation is pretty much the same worldwide. I have had a boyfriend at 14, and my mum didn't mind, but its better to let your daughter have a boyfriend but give her tips about it. Tell her not to go to far, and to stay on the safe side, keep it more as friends than full on snogging and tell her (especially if she is under 16) not to go anywhere near sex, and dont be pressured into it. These are the play-years of her life - theres plenty of time for this in the future, she shouldnt wish her life away. xx

Answer 4

14

Answer 5

Before you answer think of it this way:

- Do you want your 16 year old daughter having some random school guys hard rocket in her behind the school toilets? Let's face it, school kids are doing it whether you want to believe it or not. Sorry for the bluntness, but I'm going for the shock factor here to get the message across.
- Do you want the risk of teenage pregnancy?
- Beside this, do you want the risk of disease?

Once you can answer yes to all three questions, then your daughter is ready to date at 16.

Answer 6

I'm thirteen and I am allowed to date, but I don't. I think it should be when you think you're daughter is mature enough. I am waiting for Mr. Right to come along, which could be a lifetime, but I am willing to wait! I don't want to end up raising a baby at fifteen! Lol! I'm being smart and waiting, because my friend already has two kids, (I'm dead serious), and she said she should have waited. She is still together with their dad, but she is usually at home raising Maya and Carson (her kids). I know that if I have a boyfriend that I don't have to have sex with him, but I want to wait because I don't want to be pressured or anything. And I get a lot more respect from the guys at school...and the girls. I know a lot of the guys like me, but they all know I won't go out with them. I am very respected, and when I do meet Mr. Right, and if we do get married, I know I'll love him and I'll know I will be ready. Right now I am having too much fun being a teenager...my life doesn't revolve around dating.

Answer 7

Personally I would like to say 13, cuz I'm 13 but I think 15 or 16 is a better age...

Karina

P.S. Boys aren't mature enough to feed the dog at 13, as far as I know, and so how are they supposed to have a girlfriend????
This girl at my school, if you ask me is kind of ugly, she's 4'4 looks like a gr. 4 and has a boyfriend in gr.10, like were does that come from????

Answer 8

Kids have boyfriends in kindergarten, so it's an impossible question really. Kids do this thing where they say they are boyfriend and girlfriend and they call this "going out" even though they may never see eachother anywhere besides school. I would encourage her to keep things appropriate for age, like sex and other experimentation like kissing, hugging, holding hands, making out and "wandering hands". But you'll have to explain the appropriate times. Sex should wait until 16 in my opinion. Kissing and french kissing for middle school, but some kids move on to "wandering hands" at that time, no earlier than 8th grade should heavy stuff be going on for "wandering hands" in my opinion. Reality of it is, kids will do what they want in their time, saying they CANNOT do something will only make them want to, even if they know they're doing it for that reason or not. Explain all the risks and why you want to wait for sex and if you do have sex, why safe sex is important (and ways to achieve safe sex) and share your personal experiences. There's no harm in that becuase honesty is key; kids need to know reality. You never want your kid to grow up and mature, but it happens, you're there to educate and make sure things don't happen too quickly w/o sheltering them.

Answer 9

i think its really immature of people to say 16, as if the day you turn 16 your all the sudden a mature teenager who can handle almost all responsibilities in life. my first bf was at 14. yeah it was kind of an immature realationship considering i was so young haha, but i believe if you truly like or love a person it can happen at any age. maybe you should talk to your daughter and see what shes feeling

Answer 10

I have a 10 yr. old girl. Right now she tells me she has a boyfriend. I tell her, " Oh no you don't, you have a boy that's a friend, that's it. " Right now, I'm not worried, it's only kid stuff. I do believe though that you have to instill in them at an early age the facts of really having a boyfriend. She knows that she's not allowed to have one until she's seventeen at least and even then " we'll see." She knows what we expect of her and what we think should come first.

Answer 11

How old was the first girl you were banging?

See its not the same when its your daughter?

LOL


Old enough to come in when she says she will be home, and old enough to have a few friends pregnant and not wanting to go there also.
Old enough to know, so the sooner you can teach her right, the sooner you can let her off her rope.
All of you will be much happier when you have that talk to talk with her and get it over with.

She will love you for it later.