Would you let your almost-13 year old, 7th grade DD go to a movie with a 7th grade boy?

[Anonymous]

F*ck no.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some moms actually think middle schoolers are not having intercourse, oral sex, etc... and there are some that are. Many are going to 1st and 2nd base. There are many middle school pregnancies going on these days. Offering your okay on going on a 1 on 1 date in 7th grade is just adding your consent. Maybe not in your mind, but a child's mind "I can date, I am grown-up, I get to have a boyfriend." It is going to lead "somewhere" sooner rather than later.

First and second base? I don't think I've heard that since I was in middle school.

(And, speaking of "these days", the birth rate for teenagers aged 10-14 was at a record low of 0.4 births per 1,000 in 2010.)

But the idea that allowing a seventh grader to go to a movie with another seventh grader is basically the same as saying, "Go ahead and have the kind of sexual contact that can lead to pregnancy!"? I'm flabbergasted.

Because middle schoolers do it. Duh!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some moms actually think middle schoolers are not having intercourse, oral sex, etc... and there are some that are. Many are going to 1st and 2nd base. There are many middle school pregnancies going on these days. Offering your okay on going on a 1 on 1 date in 7th grade is just adding your consent. Maybe not in your mind, but a child's mind "I can date, I am grown-up, I get to have a boyfriend." It is going to lead "somewhere" sooner rather than later.

First and second base? I don't think I've heard that since I was in middle school.

(And, speaking of "these days", the birth rate for teenagers aged 10-14 was at a record low of 0.4 births per 1,000 in 2010.)

But the idea that allowing a seventh grader to go to a movie with another seventh grader is basically the same as saying, "Go ahead and have the kind of sexual contact that can lead to pregnancy!"? I'm flabbergasted.

Because middle schoolers do it. Duh!!!

Middle schoolers do what? Go to the movies? Get pregnant? Talk about going to "second base"?

[Anonymous]

Yes let her go in.a group . My Dd is almost 17 and in middle school she had friends who were not allowed to date in groups and she would tell me they all lied to their parents and the girls would go together and just meet up with the boys there. I found it way better to be more open and she in turn didn't have to lie to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes let her go in.a group . My Dd is almost 17 and in middle school she had friends who were not allowed to date in groups and she would tell me they all lied to their parents and the girls would go together and just meet up with the boys there. I found it way better to be more open and she in turn didn't have to lie to me.

So you let them go in a group, they lie and split up and go in as couples. You let them go on a date and they lie what they do on the date. Kids always push a little further than their parents allow.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My daughter is in 7th grade and there is no way I would let her. Not even as a group of dates. Thankful she has no interest in boys yet.

I think it is way too soon. If you let her on dates now imagine what she will be doing in 9th grade? Hint: not going on simple dates.

Huh. I went on simple dates when I was almost 13. Guess what I did in 9th grade? I went on simple dates with boys.

Me, too.