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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DD is an 8th grader. From what I have seen/heard, there is an entire spectrum, in terms of what kids do when they're "dating". The vast majority of kids see each other during school, talk/text/FT, hang out as groups in the mall, hold hands walking down the hallway, etc. A not unsubstantial portion of them go a little further, to kissing. This happens when they're supposedly hanging out at the mall in a friend group (the friends are enablers), going to birthday parties, and sometimes sneaking around at school. There are very few kids that have gone further. I know of two girls that have had sex (one stopped, the other is continuing), but that appears to be the minority.[/quote]

This is very similar to when I was in middle school back in the 90s! LOL

I had my "first BF" then but we only saw each other at school, definitely didn't go past a peck on the lips. I had heard of a couple of kids in middle school who were having sex, but they were outside of my circle and looking back, I can definitely see these just being rumors. My 8th grade DD tells me everything. Who kissed who and where. Who is dating who. She wants a boyfriend but it hasn't lined up yet, the boys she's interested in don't seem interested in her and vice versa. She doesn't know anyone who has had sex yet but she knows of a couple girls who will give blowjobs as a stopgap for sex. We talk about all this a lot and how when and if she ever finds herself in that position, boys are perfectly capable of taking care of themselves instead of requiring a bj LOL. These talks make her cringe, especially since she hasn't had her first kiss yet, but I just want to give her language she can use when the time comes.   [/quote]

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