Looking Into Teenage Relationships – What is the Right Age?
Our youth society has been changing a lot over the past few decades. Young people have begun to associate with others at what adults of the twenty-first century would consider a ridiculously low age. Some people support this, while others shun those who do so.
Teenagers of our modern society are going out at a progressively lower age as we continue to advance through the years. Many parents share different views when it comes to their sons and daughters meeting up with the opposite gender – these opinions are also varied and based around peer pressure for both generations, as well as general maturity and emotional and moral courage for the child.
There are many, many people asking on-line for help about youth relationships, whether it be the parent concerned about their child’s well-being or the child themselves seeking the advice of others.
One factor which seems to determine when a teenager of our current community begins their relationship rests on how well, or how focused they are on their academics. There are parents who tell their children that they cannot even begin dating until eighteen years of age, and there are those who do not care about partners as long as their child is doing well at school. This puts forward one point about our world today – teenagers are usually focused on only two things – friends and/or academics.
Parent experience also has an input in when children get their first girlfriend or boyfriend. Some parents, and in turn their children, meet up with the other gender at the low age of twelve, while other parents are reluctant to do so, and do not let their child to meet up until double this age. It is absolutely normal for a teenager to begin becoming interested in the opposite gender after their thirteenth or fourteenth birthday. Parents should allow this to happen, however, what they should not do is neglect the child so that they end up relying on their girlfriend/boyfriend for love, care and support.
Finally, relationships begin to form as a result of puberty. This happens at various times varying from teenager to teenager, and as a result of this transformation, both the physical and emotional states are changed for many, many people. While a lot of partnerships are based around looks, the mental change also has an extremely large impact behind the scenes, and it is essential that the child and parent discuss these in order to sort out many problems which associate with adolescence.
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Yvhes P. | Dec 8, 2011 | Reply
Nice share. Well written indeed. Thanks for sharing.
megamatt09 | Dec 8, 2011 | Reply
A fascinating perspective.
Ruby Hawk | Dec 8, 2011 | Reply
A helpful point of view,
faithshore | Dec 9, 2011 | Reply
nice perspective!
which of these are you anyways? going out at 12 or 18 or….?
Wind Writer | Dec 9, 2011 | Reply
Very nice share, and although I agree that children should be given a bit of freedom so that they can see the world for what it really is, I feel as I am leaning more towards the “lets them get a bit older then we’ll see” side, since my thought is that, at the ages of fourteen to seventeen, children should be mainly focused on their studies as these are the years which’ll determine their futures.
Jswana | Dec 9, 2011 | Reply
Very nice points of view. In my day, girls could go on an independent date, such as the show at 17/18. That was fine withe me. I wasn’t ready before that anyways.
barney rubble | Dec 9, 2011 | Reply
Great share Thanks .Check Alice Miller who wrote about child adult parent relationships which I found very helpful around my teenage years many moons ago .
dazzlejazz | Dec 12, 2011 | Reply
Our darling daughter is 12 and not in the least interested in boys as yet.(heaves a ’sigh’ of relief!)
I’m open minded…she can start dating anytime after she turns 30!!!
Freischutz | Dec 16, 2011 | Reply
The maturity of the teenager at hand, and the nature of the relationship is what matters most. Of course, twelve year olds perhaps should not date…but a respectful relationship between two fifteen or sixteen year olds could very easily be a good “first” learning experience in the world of romantic relationships.