Parenting

[Midnight]

What age would you be happy with your child going on a date?

I find it hard to decide what is right and this is the discussion myself and my wife are having in regards to my eldest (11 years old).

I was still knocking around playing football and messing round with my mates at that age.

I know things have changed in regards to kids growing up due to social media and other things but I'm a bit clueless here in what to do.

If only it was like when I was growing up and all my mum had to worry about was where my porn mags were hidden this time.

Parenting is great but hard work.😁😁😁

 

[pokerjoke]

Girl or boy

 

[shortgame]

Girl or boy

Key question right there!

 

[Papas1982]

What age would you be happy with your child going on a date?

I find it hard to decide what is right and this is the discussion myself and my wife are having in regards to my eldest (11 years old).

I was still knocking around playing football and messing round with my mates at that age.

I know things have changed in regards to kids growing up due to social media and other things but I'm a bit clueless here in what to do.

If only it was like when I was growing up and all my mum had to worry about was where my porn mags were hidden this time.

Parenting is great but hard work.

Imo 11 is a little young for a proper date. My eldest is only 8 and has a different favourite boy friend every week. She usually goes to the cinema every other weeked and she'll go with girls or boys or a mix, thats fine by me, but actual dating. I don't think i'd be comfortable with that till shes had a year at secondary school.

 

[Papas1982]

Key question right there!

Is it? I mean 20 years ago my dad was certainly of that belief and i'm far from what some would describe as a liberal. But nowadays young lasses are equally as wild as the lads.

 

[Deleted member 18121]

14/15 as a generalisation..... I don't think "children" should date, but at 14/15 I think they are potentially mature enough to be exploring it.

 

[Midnight]

Girl or boy

Boy

 

[Pin-seeker]

Girl or boy

😂 that was my first thought.

My lad is 10, I’d be happy for him to go on a date now.

If I had a daughter I reckon she’d have to be at least 20.

 

[Hobbit]

Depends on the definition of date. If they're meeting up with other friends for a milkshake, yeah why not. If its the 2 of them sitting in the back row of the movies, no.

 

[Midnight]

😂 that was my first thought.

My lad is 10, I’d be happy for him to go on a date now.

If I had a daughter I reckon she’d have to be at least 20.

I hadn't even thought about being girl or boy

 

[Lord Tyrion]

14/15 as a generalisation..... I don't think "children" should date, but at 14/15 I think they are potentially mature enough to be exploring it.

I'd go with this.

11, really? Mine are now 16 and 18. 11 I would have knocked on the head as just daft.

 

[bluewolf]

Not a chance before 14. For my daughter I'd insist on meeting the other person as well.

 

[HowlingGale]

What age would you be happy with your child going on a date?

I find it hard to decide what is right and this is the discussion myself and my wife are having in regards to my eldest (11 years old).

I was still knocking around playing football and messing round with my mates at that age.

I know things have changed in regards to kids growing up due to social media and other things but I'm a bit clueless here in what to do.

If only it was like when I was growing up and all my mum had to worry about was where my porn mags were hidden this time.

Parenting is great but hard work.😁😁😁

My mate's boy was still in primary 7 so probably around the same age as your boy. He went on a date to pizza hut with a girl in his class. My mate, his wife and younger son sat at another table far enough away while they had their 'date'. I thought it a bit odd but both sets parents were fully aware of what was going on and signed up to it, and in full contact with each other.

I remember my cousin who was a head teacher of a primary school at the time telling me a few years ago that some of the kids were sexually active. Didn't dig for more info as it turned my stomach, but if you control the situation as much as you can it may help you to deal with it.

 

[Bunkermagnet]

Having 2 daughters in their 20's, I would say around the 14/15 mark for a lad, remembering the girl is most probably going to be younger. And then I would insist on some sort of parental observation/ near proximity.