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Blessedwithfive
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NOT TRUE. My kids were not allowed to date until 16. No exceptions. And we were not the only ones. They could attend school dances and meet a boy there but not group or single dates. AT ALL. Fast forward to college and both girls entered into long term relationship and married in the church after college graduation. Neither one lived with the boys. EVER. A few times the boy came to our house to meet the family and spent the night, in college. Separate floors. (They lived in separate states).I don’t know where you live, but in the USA, most kids by 14 are going to be doing some dating whether their parents are “allowing” it or not. Almost everyone Catholic I ever knew began dating around age 13-14 although sometimes there were restrictions such as not being allowed to “car date” or having to be in by a certain time. The “dates” were usually something like going for a hamburger or going to someplace, like the pool, where all the kids were going as a group anyway.
The person is obviously an involved and concerned parent or they wouldn’t be posting the question. I can see some concern about “making out”, but heck, my own parents were older than average and pretty conservative and I had my first boyfriend at age 14…it’s normal.
Same for my son, except he is still in college. and another daughter in college. The last daughter is 14 and I would NEVER allow her to stay overnight at a boys house or drive her to see the “boyfriend”. It really cuts down on the drama and lets the kids mature before being put into adult situations…like “making-out”. In my opinion, if he says he “makes out” he is doing much more.