My daughter wants to start dating and being in actual relationships . She's only 14 years old. Would it be bad to allow her to go out with her boyfriends? She's a freshman in high school.

I think that's too young. Especially when you think about what young kids are doing these days, because that's what she still is: A child.

I think it's a little early for her to go out with her boyfriend.! It's better for her to be at least 16 ! But if you know her boyfriends and they're good boys..well make her happy and let her go! (that's all my opinion )! You're her parent and you know what to do! Good luck !

I think it would depend on her level of maturity and the type of guy she is dating. I'm 15 years old and my boyfriend is 18 years old. My mom met him and trusts him with me completely and she trusts me too. She never got mad if he came to my house and picked me up or if we stayed out really late (we did that one time..) >.> You may say my mom is just irresponsible and doesn't care but she really does ^^ She had been a little iffy about allowing her daughter who is 15, to date someone who is 18. He's a sweetheart tho ^^ He's come over a few times and my parents trust him and I enough, to leave us at home while they go into town... My sisters are at home tho too c: That's just my opinion, I get why you'd feel that way, she's your daughter, I just wanted to share my experience. Do whatever you think is right, dear.

If anything I said sounded rude or anything, I apologize.. ;/ I didn't want it to seem that way. >~<

14 years old is really too young and immature to handle a boyfriend, much less decide on whether or not she wants to have sex. Once she has a boyfriend, the issue of sex comes right out in the open. Do you really want some boy to try and pressure your 14 year old little girl into sexual activity?

Your job as a parent is to actually parent the child. You need to direct her path here so she feels safe and loved.

A compromise is to have your daughter go on group dates where she is not alone with one boy but is with a group of friends that you have actually met.

If you are married, your husband can use this opportunity to date his daughter on a grown-up date, just the two of them and he can show her how she should be treated. They should dress up; he should open the car door for her; when he "picks her up" for the date, he would come to the door and ring the doorbell for her - not sit in the car and honk for her to come out. He would be modeling the behavior that she should expect out of a young man that would be dating your daughter.

Don't roll over and play dead and simply acknowledge that your daughter is going to do whatever she wants to do regardless of what you say. If she matters to you, don't let her dictate what she is or isn't going to do in regards to dating.  She will fight you on this issue; however, parenting doesn't end because they don't agree with you.

I have a son and he had the same rule I did - no dating until he was 16; if he wanted to date, he could go on group dates where there is no pressure - and I met the kids he went with. If they didn't pass muster with me, he didn't go. If the kids were unclear in their plans, he didn't go until they sat with me and ironed out exactly what they were going to be doing. If they were disrespectful when they talked with me, he didn't go.

Guide her as she goes through puberty with all of the volatile  emotions she will be feeling and explain how puberty affects how she feels. Too many kids feel out of control when all it is are their emotions and feelings are getting the best of them. Guidance is what she needs from you now. Steer her in the right direction, mom, no matter how much guff you get from her!

Ask her why she wants to date

Base it on that