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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]High school “romance” may have made an iota of sense when people routinely got married immediately after or just a few years after graduation, often entering into employment and starting a family with no plans or thoughts of college.

Nowadays, high school is in most cases preparation for college, which frequently is preparation for more career-oriented grad school, and even that often is followed by even more focused professional training. A young woman nowadays really isn’t “marriageable” in the classic sense until she’s at least 22, and more likely even 25-30.

Under these circumstances, the idea that “practice intimacy” has any value to a young woman is ridiculous. Any dubious and immature  “experience” she might gain with an equally immature boy (or, God forbid, an exploitative older man) is more likely to stunt her personal and emotional growth than to provide a foundation for a lasting adult relationship and family life.  Not to mention the dangers of disease and/or unplanned pregnancy as PP’s have observed.

It may be hormonally “normal” for kids to be interested in “romance” but it makes no sense for them to be acting on that before it actually has some productive use in their life. Relationships are not just entertainment, and Bob Seeger was right when he described “young love” as “I used her, she used me, and neither one cared, we were getting our share.”

Your younger daughter is the one you should be worried about. 
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+1 excellent post. Which more parents thought like us.[/quote]

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