You do have a good point tenaheff. I will probably say 16 would be a good age for my son and daughter to start dating. I mention daughter just for the fact , that girls mature faster than boys. I'll have to admit that boys can be very childish.
But what if the girl your son choose's makes him happy. The girl you seem to like , just doesn't do it for him. I have a friend now who is married and not happy. His mom thought the two would be perfert together because they were childhood friends. Right now they are both miserable because they share no nothing in common.
Of course I would let him choose and I pray he chooses the right girl that he falls in love with and who is worthy of him. I just hope he can choose wisely as any mother, I will keep an eye on him always....
You say your son is 18. Has he started dating yet and if so do you act as a Chaperone. I ask these question's because I am a parent also. Although , I have a ways to go before my children start dating. This type of advice will be helpful to my wife and I.
Darius, LDS's son is 4. She was saying he could date when he is 18, but I think she was joking a bit. I doubt you can really chaperone them once they are 18. Probably away at college for one thing, or maybe in the military, who knows. Hopefully, by the time they are 18 you have taught them well enough that they can handle dating without a chaperone. I think 16 is a good age to let them start dating so that you can have a very strong influence on how they date so that by the time they are 18, they won't need the chaperone.
Thanks for clarifying that for Darius, Tena . Yes Darius, my son is only 4 but I'm already thinking about the future and stuff. I will let him date when he is around 16 (in groups) but I don't want him to seriously date anyone until he returns from his Church mission (2 years for the LDS Church). He would leave when he is 19 and return when he is 21 years old.
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I think 16 years old is a good time but as Farseer said only in groups. |