Originally Posted by
Kitkat22
I think sixteen is an appropriate age to start dating. Something is wrong with this world when an eleven year old girl is so crazy about boys and goes along with anything to be part of the crowd.
I weep for this generation...
It scares me to death Kit. My son is 11. He's a great kid, a smart kid, a wonderful wonderful kid, but he's not even close to being mature enough to handle a relationship.
Yes he likes girls, one in particular in his class that he's talked about since the beginning of the year. They're friends, that's it. They don't hold hands, they don't kiss, the closest thing they've done to resemble dating is exchanging gifts at Christmas.
I met with her parents at the Christmas concert, we discussed if it was all right for them to exchange presents, and we agreed that this was okay. Neither one of them want to date, they're both too young and thankfully, in our school, 11 year olds behave like 11 year olds, they're not boy and girl crazy.
I don't have a set age where he'll be allowed to date. I think it depends on maturity and what they plan on doing on a date. If it's a group then I don't have a problem with a 14 year old going on that sort of date, but one on one, calling each other girlfriend and boyfriend, that's just not okay with me, especially not at 11.
I'm not at all old fashioned, I'm not overly protective, I just don't see any reason why an 11 year old child would date. I really wonder where these parents are and if they truly know what their kids are doing.
You know, I think I'll start a thread about this. We should probably continue a discussion about this but not on this thread. I do welcome the OP to join us in the discussion, maybe then we can all try to figure out why so many children are coming to this site with relationship problems.
I'll post the link.