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SOS! I'm stuck in a dilemna concerning easy child!
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<blockquote data-quote="eekysign" data-source="post: 270563" data-attributes="member: 6479"><p>If it helps, from someone closer to the teen years (although, sadly, not as close as I'd like to be!!): there still isn't any clear cut answer. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>At 12, I totally could have gone out on a date with a boy, dropped off by parents in a public location, then picked up the same way within a reasonable amount of time. Dinner's not really any different than the two of them roaming the mall or something - and at that age, kids are interested in "dating". Doesn't mean too much, normally. They'd probably sit and chat awkwardly for an hour, then be thrilled when their friends showed up. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>That said, there's no way we would have sent Sis off on one at 12. For one thing, she was a mega-late-bloomer, so she wasn't anywhere NEAR mature enough to handle that. She had no impulse control - we wouldn't have sent her to the mall by itself, without an adult at that stage. </p><p></p><p>So yeah, depends on your kid. I went to weeks-long summer camps at 12, and from what I remember, learning how to date is the least of your worries. If your gal wants to "play" at being a grownup, and she's not doing it behind the school with a pack of smokes, the entire football team, or a gun - this is probably a behavior you WANT her to learn right the first time. in my humble opinion, there's definitely a place for parent-sponsored, parent-guided "date experiences" in the middle school world.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="eekysign, post: 270563, member: 6479"] If it helps, from someone closer to the teen years (although, sadly, not as close as I'd like to be!!): there still isn't any clear cut answer. ;) At 12, I totally could have gone out on a date with a boy, dropped off by parents in a public location, then picked up the same way within a reasonable amount of time. Dinner's not really any different than the two of them roaming the mall or something - and at that age, kids are interested in "dating". Doesn't mean too much, normally. They'd probably sit and chat awkwardly for an hour, then be thrilled when their friends showed up. :) That said, there's no way we would have sent Sis off on one at 12. For one thing, she was a mega-late-bloomer, so she wasn't anywhere NEAR mature enough to handle that. She had no impulse control - we wouldn't have sent her to the mall by itself, without an adult at that stage. So yeah, depends on your kid. I went to weeks-long summer camps at 12, and from what I remember, learning how to date is the least of your worries. If your gal wants to "play" at being a grownup, and she's not doing it behind the school with a pack of smokes, the entire football team, or a gun - this is probably a behavior you WANT her to learn right the first time. in my humble opinion, there's definitely a place for parent-sponsored, parent-guided "date experiences" in the middle school world. [/QUOTE]
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