Galileo
Footballguy
My oldest son is 13 and will be heading to 8th grade. There is a girl who will be going into 9th grade that seems to have an interest in him...apparently she told some friends on the bus which was heard by one of my son's friend type stuff...got to love middle school. Anyway, my son wants to invite her over for boating/skiing. This would be the first time they ever got together. They have texted each other and such. My wife doesn't think it is a good idea. She says he's too young, and we shouldn't be encouraging him to go out with any girls one on one. I agreed with her that he shouldn't be going places with this girl unsupervised, but I didn't see the harm in a day on the lake where I would be there with them the whole time. Anyway, we ended up telling my son if he wanted to invite a small group of friends, she could come. Now he is struggling to figure out an appropriate group since they don't really have common friends being in different classes...lol...but that is his problem.
Anyway, for those of you who have children of relevant age and have already been through this, at what age did you start allowing your children to "date"?
Anyway, for those of you who have children of relevant age and have already been through this, at what age did you start allowing your children to "date"?