As a mother of 3 girls: 26, 22, 20, I think 16 is plenty young enough. My girls had no desire to date until senior year or first year of college. They were much too busy with sports and other activities. Of course, it depends on the maturity of the girl or boy and what you consider to be dating. Watching a movie at a parent's house? going to a school dance? That is fine enough for 16 year olds. You should talk to your parents. What do they see as a "dating age" for you?
Girls and boys under the age of 16 should not do serious dating. Maybe going out in groups or hanging at a friends house, but not dating independently.
2007-02-03 08:04:18
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answered by lou53053 5
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Well, for starters, the most innocent and sweetest dating is done in elementary school. There are no sexual urges and it's just a matter of liking each other. But mainly, it's a matter of maturity. If a 13 year old is mature enough to find someone that isn't really bad, then a monitored dating environment would be acceptable in my opinion. On the other hand though, kids will do whatever they want when they think you can't find out. I find it better to know what a kid's doing and yield to his or her desire and be able to protect him or her than to not know and be set up for lots of trouble later.
2007-02-03 08:05:52
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answered by nightdrake66 2
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I believe that if you are unable to spell and punctuate correctly, you are way too young to date. I know this world is full of IM abbreviations, but at least learn to spell before you perpetuate the species, please.
Seriously, though -- it depends on the meaning of the word "date." My teenaged daughter did everything in groups, and didn't do much one-on-one dating in high school. It was safe and fun for all involved. Save the more serious dating for college and beyond. You have plenty of time.
2007-02-03 08:07:08
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answered by Ifeelyourpain 4
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I am the mother of a 13 year old girl. I have some pretty strong opinons on this subject matter.
First and foremost, as a parent you need to accept there is a whole social world out there that you do not control nor do you even know exsists. My daughter has a boyfriend. They have been together for 9 months. I receive a great deal of grief about how she is "too young".
Reality is, the daughters of the parents who preach to me, are dating too, behind their parents backs. In my daughter's school if you do not date in the 5th grade, openly and publicly, you are labeled. This is really hard, especially for young and insecure girls. So the girls lie to their parents in a way. They tell their parents they are going to the movies, swimming pool, park, etc. This is true. What they omit is they are planning to meet up with boyfriends when they get there.
As a parent, my concern is, once my daughter is already misleading me, like with who she will be out with, what stops her from just going farther. Instead of the park, they go to a nearby house, or (like I did) the infamous, I am spending the night at so and so's house, but end up at another house. Once they succeed in that lie, the sky's the limit.
Yes, I do all the checking up, but in a day and age of working parents and hectic schedules, reality is many kids have a great deal of unsupervised time.
In my house, we compromise. My daughter dates openly. We know her boyfriend and his parents. His parents work with us to set up supervised timie for them to visit each other. We take him special family outings and his family does the same. We do our best to give them "privacy" but try to keep it under our noses as much as possible.
In the end this also comes down to the maturity of the child involved. We have also had frank talks about sex and birth control. We encouraged her to go to close but "cool" members, since talking about some of these issues are not okay with parents. By directing her to family members we know are going to give her the real facts and look out for her we feel we are doing the best we can to balance her world and ours. Good luck to you.
2007-02-03 13:04:05
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answered by katty0205 2
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each time I even have replaced canines from decrease high quality kibble to a extra appropriate kibble I even have considered an progression in the canines situation, muscle shape, potential and coat (or maybe shade variations in some canines). If I had the money, time and abdomen for it, i might attempt uncooked feeding and notice how my canines spoke back. yet the place I stay meat is around $2 a pound, even on sale, and that i don't have the money or area to keep it. it is likewise no longer sensible to feed foster canines uncooked, simply by fact the hot proprietor might could transition the canines. Its a lot easier handy the hot proprietor a bag of the kibble the canines is presently ingesting, and propose they purchase a stable nutrition. I do from time to time provide my canines uncooked meat and bones. i found pork ribs on sale a whilst lower back, and my canines and foster canines have been very, very pleased for an afternoon and a a million/2. :o) I stay in the country the place rodents are straightforward, and my enormous canines have killed and eaten finished rabbits, gophers, and squirrels in the previous. My Lab combination had a stay rat final week, yet I took it removed from him, killed it and threw it away, simply by fact i became into afraid it would desire to have been poisoned. in any different case, i might have enable him kill and consume it. i think of any of my canines might kill and consume a hen if that they had the possibility, yet Im undecided i might desire to shelter watching it. you're by no potential going to discover a learn how to assist uncooked feeding, simply by fact there is no person who is going to submit the money to pay for it. examine cost funds, and the kibble manufactuers are people who subsidize them.
2016-10-01 09:15:27
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answered by ? 4
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In our house our daughter was allowed to double date at 15 but only with one of her friends we trusted and knew well and at 16 she could date...
2007-02-03 11:48:12
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answered by baby shih tzu 5
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i think 15 and above sounds good, since I'm about to date & I'm around that age. but it also depends on how you feel; everyone feels that they're ready to date at different times
2007-02-03 11:26:02
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answered by jtink 15 1
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well idc im 13 and i got a gf...its not like we are seriously dating, its mainly experimenting, looking around and trying to see what works what doesnt, and i mean its puberty...hormones you can't help it, u get attracted to a girl, shes attracted to you (vice versa) you get a connection your all set...it dont matter your age, as long as your not doing anything crazy your all set
2007-02-03 10:01:34
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answered by hatebreed55555 2
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well: certain age would be 18 -21 yrs old because alot of
times you'd must show "Responsibiliy " where many has grown
with great knowlages even today !
2007-02-03 14:22:57
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answered by toddk57@sbcglobal.net 6
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What does this have to do with special education? Perhaps you ride the short bus!
2007-02-03 13:13:13
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answered by Anonymous
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