Rules When Teens Date

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Should parents have rules when their teens date? Letting your teens date is not a bad idea. I think having rules could be a good thing. As long as they aren't over the top that makes your kids wonder if being in a relationship is even worth it, or they keep everything from you and it just isn't going to go well at the end. If you and your kids keep stuff up to date, meaning that you guys have some nice easy rules everything will be okay and you will know how your kid is doing with their relationship. By nice easy rules I mean every time they hangout at the house no closed doors, when they go out they have to tell their parents where their going and when they will be back, if they are going to be late maybe call and say why they will be late. My older cousin had a boyfriend but she never told her parents just because she knew they would go all strict on her because he was older and not a good influence. She would lie to them and say that she was going to her friends house and instead would go to her boyfriend's house. Months went by she never told them. Until one day she came home with her boyfriend and told her parents …show more content…

My dad never let her date he said until she was 18 she would be able to do anything she wanted. My stepmom was kinda excited to see boys actually liked her daughter and that her daughter was finally getting old. One day we had a party and she invited him over so he could get permission from her mom and our dad to be in a relationship. My dad didn't like him but my stepmom loved him and so he got her permission. After a while they started going on dates, my stepmom made rules for them, obviously. She always knew when they were leaving and where they would go and what time the'd be coming back. When it was a movie night type of date the door was always open just in case. Five years later they are still dating, in college, no babies and they still love each other like they did in the

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