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What age to date?
| Thu, 10-26-2006 - 10:32am |
My daughter 1s 14 1/2, and has a couple of boys interested in her at school. No one has asked her out yet, but her friends have told her "so and so thinks you're cute" etc...
I am scared to death of the thought of her riding in a teenaged boy's car, more than anything else. We have talked regularly and fairly extensively about sex and the consequences. I have a 2 year old daughter who has been sort of difficult to raise (in addition to two other children), so she has seen how hard it is to have a baby, and I think that has helped. I am not AS worried about the sex part (but I realize we need to have an open communication on that) as I am with her going in someone's car. I just remember how crazy guys were when I was young, and we live in an area with curvy back roads.
I know I will have to let her get into someone's car sooner or later. This all just feels so weird to me as a mom!!! Right now, the rule I came up with is, at first, she can go to the boy's house as long as his parents are there (and I WILL talk to them) or vice versa, or if they want to go somewhere, I'll happily chauffeur. I want to get to know the boy a bit before she goes jaunting off in his car somewhere. She seems okay with the rules, but I am not sure how that will change once she actually gets asked out.
Moms...what have you done with your daughters at the start of their dating experiences?
I am scared to death of the thought of her riding in a teenaged boy's car, more than anything else. We have talked regularly and fairly extensively about sex and the consequences. I have a 2 year old daughter who has been sort of difficult to raise (in addition to two other children), so she has seen how hard it is to have a baby, and I think that has helped. I am not AS worried about the sex part (but I realize we need to have an open communication on that) as I am with her going in someone's car. I just remember how crazy guys were when I was young, and we live in an area with curvy back roads.
I know I will have to let her get into someone's car sooner or later. This all just feels so weird to me as a mom!!! Right now, the rule I came up with is, at first, she can go to the boy's house as long as his parents are there (and I WILL talk to them) or vice versa, or if they want to go somewhere, I'll happily chauffeur. I want to get to know the boy a bit before she goes jaunting off in his car somewhere. She seems okay with the rules, but I am not sure how that will change once she actually gets asked out.
Moms...what have you done with your daughters at the start of their dating experiences?

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