Teen Dating Rules

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Should parents set rules for teens to date? I personally believe that parents should set rules for teens to date. The reason being is owing to the fact that if parents don’t set rules for that person, the person they are dating can probably become a distraction. Distractions can lead to many things. The person being distracted can lead them to loosing school focus. Loosing school focus can lead to having that person’s grades go down etc. I believe in high school since we are students our priorities should be on focusing in school and trying to graduate instead of worrying or wasting time on dating someone. Instead of having time to do homework or study your wasting all that time by going on dates.So I believe parents should give teens time to …show more content…

For example, maybe the guy drinks or smokes. So the girl is probably going to want to try it too, making the guy she is dating a bad influence. Which is why I believe the parents should meet the person their teen is dating before they go on a date. In the article “Teen Dating Guidelines” by Jessica Childs, Sheryl mentions “They come to the door, they come in and they meet us and talk to us for a little bit”. This shows a very good example of what other parents should be doing. Those are my reasons why I think parents should meet the person their teen is dating. A third reason, parents should set rules for teens to date is because break-ups don’t always end up on a good note. In the article “Teen Dating Guidelines” by Jessica Childs, Clark mentions “ A lot of us… myself included, had 2-3 year relationships in high school.That’s where hearts get broken in a very different way”. Yes everyone goes through break-ups but not everyone takes them the same way. There are two types of people. The one that don’t care and the ones that get sentimental. The ones that don’t care get over it easily. But the ones that do care end up sometimes taking it the wrong way, making them lower their

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