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[quote=Anonymous]I honestly think you need to ask her WHY she wants to go to the movie with this boy.  How long have they had feelings for each other?  Do they talk on the phone a lot? Why does she thinking dating is important right now?  Do she feel pressure from other friends, him or guy friends?  Do you know him?  Do you know his family?  I would just have a lot of talks like that before sending off my daughter with a guy at the age of 13.

I can see both sides of this.  Too strict and they rebel, too laxed and they feel the skies the limit.  Both sides could end bad.  There has to be communication and understanding.

But dropping off your 7th grader on a date with a boy and they start kissing, he tries to feel her up and then off he goes back to his friends to say he got to first base and then the telephone game starts and your daughter is declared a slut by no fault of her own and YOU drove them on the date.  Then she hates you.  It seems crazy but kids this age are hormonal, unsure of themselves and you never know what you are going to get.  It could backfire big time.

So I would talk to her and really get the reasons for why going on a movie date with the boy is necessary.  Maybe you will see her side, maybe you will hear it is pressure, maybe you will see her being naive, etc...

That all said, the chances of me going thru and letting my 7th grade on a date is about 1%.  I would never say never and just put my foot down but man, that is really young for dating.

Good luck OP[/quote]

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