Dating Under 16 I Think Not

Personally they shouldn't be dating. At the age of 16 comes more responsibilities (driving, working, etc.) just as the age of 18 has it's own. The more responsible you are with basic things, your view on more difficult situations will change. I didn't have my first kiss or real date until I was 16. I had male friends who came to visit me to sit around and watch TV and that was all(with parental guidance of course). As far as courting... What for? Dating is for marital purposes and basically to produce social status'. Like it or not, your children aren't who you think they are. If chaperoned, they won't be able to be themselves so whats the point of dating.

Then comes the sex factor. More young males (under 16) usually want to start having sex as soon as they hear about it. The media is actually selling sex to children. Would a young girl under 16 be able to push a boy off of her, will she be able to say no because she hasn't grown to learn the consequences and responsiblility of having sex. He/ or she hasn't taken a Sex Ed course and doesn't know that pre cum can cause pregnancy or how STI's are spread.

Letting children date at all is basically setting them up for failure. I saw a show where parents had let there children date under 16(Documentary Special). In the end they found that their children were promiscuous and experimenting with oral sex and everthing else out there. If I can remember correctly many of them were around 12 and 13 years old. It was a game to them that "children play." They didn't know that while they went out on that date that their kids were doing such things. The girls were playing Russian Roulette with their lives all for some rubber bracelets like a notch on their belt.

I say that parents need to remember what was on their minds when they were that age... Not saying throw it in the childs face all the time saying "I've been there and done that, I know what you've been doing," because I have experienced that in my innoscense. Don't assume. I am 20 years old and I know people might say that I can't tell someone how to raise a child because I am one myself or I haven't had any to know, but I know how not to rais one....