How old do you think a child should be when they start dating?
Jason asked:
I’m just wondering. My 22 year old started dating at 13, my 17 year old started dating at 14 and my 14 year old just got her first boyfriend.
I’m just wondering. My 22 year old started dating at 13, my 17 year old started dating at 14 and my 14 year old just got her first boyfriend.
How old do you think kids should be to start dating? My age is 14(my 22 year old was almost 14 when he got his first girlfriend). I remember being about 13 with my first girlfriend.
How old were your kids? Or when are you going to let them start if you don’t have kids/or they’re younger?
12- 14, It’s totally up to the parents.
I’m not a mom but i think you should let her date at like 15-16
that’s what my mom says to my sister and shes 13
I think if they are actually going out on dates together alone, then 16….with a strict curfew. (cuz I’m only 22 and I still remember those days pretty well) lol. They should at least be able to drive.
Today, A lot of 13 and 14 year olds are having sex
They are two young for real dates
They think they are old enough
I would say, dating in your site or big groups are fine for 14, by themselves, to young
I’m 15 and just got my first boyfriend. However I would say 14+ is a good age.
My dad didn’t want me to date until I was like 20, but that’s because I’m his only child so he’s a bit protective.
16 with a curfew.
Out of college! But not now days. I started at 16.
Age 14. That’s when I can start dating at that age, and I trust my mom to make the right choice.
Well, in my 11 year old sister’s 6th grade, they ‘date’ which means 2 of the kids ask each other out and then they spend time together like friends but because they say they’re dating it doesn’t look weird when they hang. In my 8th grade we date, which means we say we’re going out and actually go on dates like they come over and we hang and we hug and kiss but don’t make out and that’s it.
when my friends were young, they started dating at EIGHT. i thought that was hilarious
i started dating at 11, but i didn’t like holding hands, hugging and all that. i remember one boy wanted to kiss me at that age..so i finally realised how stupid dating can be when your a typical kid. if i had kids, i would let them start dating at 12-13, as it involves with peer pressure, and growing up etc.
Chow (:
I’m in Middle School and some of the people in my class “go out” but its really just going to football games and hanging out together a lot occasionally people will hold hands and hug so I’d say that for that kind of stuff 13 or 14 but for real dating, 15 or 16.
I guess you’d have to define ‘dating’. I was 10 when I had a ‘boyfriend’ which basically meant he liked me, I liked him and we maybe saw each other at the park on the swings. A lot of giggling with friends and that’s about it. Never went anywhere or *did* anything.
Serious boyfriend stuff like first kiss dating was around 16.
I really don’t know about my kids yet. I would hope to hold out for the one on one dating until HS which would be about 14. I still probably would do chaperone dating until they are older. That is still about 6 years away for me so … I have time to worry about that one
HIGH SCHOOL, any earlier than that, and it’ll last a little less than a month (for the most part) and middle school kids should be getting ready for high school, not trying to get a date.
Fifteen or Sixteen.
I’m in grade eight, and at this point dating means you say hello to your boyfriend between classes and the whole school talks about for three weeks.
Once you feel, as a parent, that they have adequate knowledge of their rights and responsibilities, sexually and emotionally, as an adult. That is not to say that they won’t make mistakes, but they need a solid understanding of their own sexual health as a basis. For most children this is age 12-14. If they show responsibility at that age, then why not? The sooner you let them start dating, the more free they will feel to communicate with you what’s going on.
I started dating at age 18, but my parents didn’t want me to. It’s a matter of trust.
15 and up should be the age a kid should date
I’d say for my daughter:-
15 for a pizza & movie date here at our house
16 - 17 for double dating with one or two other couples
18 for one on one dating
One of the roles of a parent is the protection of children and it shocks me that parents who would not let their children ride a bike without a helmet, or a car without a seat-belt, or go to bed without brushing their teeth will let a 14 year old girl “date” a 16 or 17 year old boy who has the raging hormones of a rutting rhino!
Dear Lord, what are they thinking!
There is no age, it just happens.