Yes many think it’s a distraction from school work. Because many parents forget they were teens once and want their own kids to be scholar robots with only eyes on college. |
See forums for people in their 20s on up. If you don't lock someone down in HS or college -- which is now much rarer than it once was -- you're at the mercy of online dating, and that is grim. A lot of the usual social areas have practically shut down in terms of their match-making function, for example it's now almost impossible to meet a spouse at work, for example. And young people's socialization has gone down the tubes, in general, so this is going to get worse. |
Our 15yr is dating someone and he is much better in a relationship than not. When he’s single he gets into trouble with friends. |
That really depends on the girl. My son is dating someone who is not supportive of his lacrosse and seems to be very selfish and demanding. They fight more than they get along lately and he is struggling. He doesn’t talk much to me, so I don’t know the entire story, but she has made comments about “always lacrosse” in front of me. I am not blind to the negativity lacrosse boys tend to have, but it seems extreme with her. |
Yeah OP, I think it’s time your daughter moves on. This isn’t going to end well for her. |
If he isn’t talking to you about her at all, he probably doesn’t think much of her. |
+1 I hear a lot of this. I partied in the woods, snuck out, had sex, etc… but my kids are not allowed in relationships? Why? You are sitting here in a million dollar home. Doesn’t seem like it affected you much and you talk about old times fondly. Why are your kids forbidden to do anything. |
A teenage relationship is one thing. A significant other at another school is different. I would worry about the relationship getting in the way of my child’s relationships with peers at their own school and investing time and energy in their own school community. |
Actually my DC having a significant other at another school has had the opposite effect. Time at school during week is spent with school friends doing school activities with no bf/gf distractions. Also, OP said they see each other a couple times a month. That’s not very much. Separate schools actually has created a natural buffer from it becoming an all consuming relationship. |
My kids did not date or hook-up in K-12. Mainly because their (and our focus) was on their academics, friend circle, ECs, travel, social obligations and health.
Also, at home there was no cultural pressure on my kids to lose their virginity. |
They hooked up. You just didn’t know it |
Oh no, PP sounds familiar. I'm sure her kids were "properly supervised." It's a choice to rein in your kids that much. Not one I'd make (and not because I want them to lose their V-card.) |
This is a troll or a delulu parent |
DP. You know you’re lying. Many of us have told you that we were good kids. |
Hilarious lol |