As much as I adore them, and secretly wish they don’t grow up and leave me, I want them to spread their wings, and eventually get married, and you can’t do that without dating!
It can be uncomfortable for them, but I want to push through that, so they know I am not uncomfortable with it.
I ask them what words they may hear at school that they don’t know what it means, and I tell them. I want them to know that kissing is great, and totally encouraged, but it’s important to practice self control beyond that.
It’s something both my husband and I grew up with as well, and had similar guidelines as teens.
I always knew I couldn’t date til 16, and that was just fine with me!
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Making decisions about teens and dating ahead of time will save some headache in the long run.
He did get asked to a girls choice dance that’s coming up in a few weeks, and I’m excited for him to go out and have fun with friends.
I’m giddy mom that gets so excited about this kind of stuff. Lucky for me, I taught my sons’ peers in class last year, and I can get the scoop on who likes who.
Whenever I hear the Celine Dion song, “Let Me Be the One to Love you More” I think of someone I broke up with in college, that it just wasn’t working out.
I cried as I listened to that song over and over, wondering when I’d find my true love.