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[quote=Anonymous]PP @ 15:48, poster of your commented post here. Thanks for your feedback. I think you understand my point of view. I am glad my daughter has been pretty busy with extracurricular activities, which limits her unstructured social time a bit with girls, and she is still a bit shy with her crushes. We are concerned about her social life suffering, but so much about this age group revolves around trying new things, focusing attention on things that you enjoy, and balancing those things with your social and academic lives.

OP, one thing I forgot to ask about is your child's involvement in social media. Does either your son, or the object of his affection, spend a lot of time on social media? Some of the other posters have mentioned that texting, FaceTime, etc. are some of the main activities with 'dating' kids in this age range. I have noticed that the kids who are more involved in the dating and sexual experimentation in my daughter's group are the ones who spend lots of time on social media, and are typically the kids that don't have targeted interests, like creating a YouTube channel, gaming, etc.

And the poster who mentioned oral sex and sixth graders is spot on. Scary, but true. My DD's IM friends of friends, especially in the eighth grade, challenge and prod the younger kids into experimenting with oral sex via social media, especially the seventh graders. To them, it is not really 'sex', and is much more socially acceptable with this group, because it plays to the typical short-term nature of the relationships. My DD said that she thinks most of the kids have experimented with oral sex by the time they reach the eighth grade.

Snapchat, in particular, seems to play heavily into this trend. There is a perception that the images 'go away'. But they remain in the cloud. There are other apps out there that do the same thing, but it seems to be that Snapchat is the most mainstream one with this age group.

Maybe a good way to help your DS figure out the tween 'dating' thing is to make sure his social media access is known and controlled.[/quote]

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