Tim Says:
My 13 year old daughter recently asked me if she was allowed to date.
She said she wanted to date this 14 year old boy (Let's call him
Thomas). She has known the boy for about 8 months. I've met him several
times and he's a really nice boy. He's only dated one other girl and
their relationship lasted 8 months. I don't worry about her having sex
because she is FTM (some transgender thing) and she is very
uncomfortable with her girl parts. So Im just wondering if I should
allow it or not?
I don't see an issue. I've heard it said that parenting teens is like
holding a wet bar of soap. Hold too tightly and you will crush the bar
or it will shoot out of your hand. Hold too loosely and it will drop
away. So hold the bar gently but surely. Let her do her thing, give her
freedom to make choices, but step in if and when her wellbeing is
threatened. Short of this, let her learn through her own mistakes and
successes.
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