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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At this point you better hope that they get in a relationship young, because the dating scene in general is such a mess.[/quote]

This is so accurate and it’s scary and I think it has a lot to do with parents preventing their teens from dating. Then they have no innocent love and firsts while they are still in the house and you can help them out.  And the they go from none of that to college drunk hook ups and then to lonely working adults on dating profiles.

Romance and socialization and companionship is dying and I truly believe helicopter parents and the stress and control they put on their kids ruin their teen years. And so if they can’t date, socialize and learn how dating and like/love and boundaries work in person, they sit home like “good kids” and look at porn and sit on social media to learn. It’s not healthy.

I am totally fine with my teens dating[/quote]

I really agree with all of this. My 16yr old has learned a lot dating and now has had a gf for about 6 months. She’s a really nice girl. Grades have actually gotten better and I think dating prior helped his social skills and his self esteem. I don’t think he would have picked his current gf if he was a player or cared what other teens thought. Watching him mature over the last 2 years (started dating as a freshman) and help guiding him when he asked questions and break-ups have just helped him. He still has a few friends that are home on weekends just playing video games and they are totally different kids. Not bad, just different. [/quote]

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