Teen Dating

2008 January 28 by: Scott

Parenting children should include “Teen Dating” as one of it’s points of discussion. To avoid this discussion with your child prior to the “dating zone” time may bring about future challenges for the parent and child.

Family values, traditions and, for some families, religion, all play a role in helping a parent establish a philosophy on dating. Dr. Anita Gurian’s article, “Teen Dating,” not only poses some excellent questions for parents to consider regarding child behavior and dating, but some uncommon issues that may arise for you and your child while they are beginning to date.

Teen Dating

When should kids begin dating? Depends on who you ask. According to most child psychology experts, age matters. They believe that pre-teen girls and boys should participate in supervised group activities, such as roller skating, school dances or sports events, and movies. One-to-one dating is appropriate for older teens. According to parent polls, until age 16 kids should only be involved in group activities, with some saying that high school is the dating cut-off point. According to other parents, however, some 10 or 11-year-olds are going on one-to-one dates.Dating means different things at different ages.