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All it is is childish curiosity.
Let them have fun, let them think they're dating.
It gives them a false sense of "grown-up"-ness and independence.
Just a stage, I say.
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I agree. There's not really any major harm to the kids who think they're dating, unless some strange peer pressurey situation arises. I remember back in middle school I would always be "going out with" someone new every other month or so, but we never actually
went out anywhere. Like others said, it was just a verbal agreement. My innocence was in no way degraded. However, I do regret all the time I spent on such a silly thing instead of concentrating on more important things.
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Any dating before age 16/17 is just silly and shouldn't be called dating.
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I think that's a little too high of an age standard though; I'd say 14 is better since that's at least when high school starts here. That's when my first and only real relationship began, anyway; I turned 17 merely a few weeks ago, and it's still going. On the other hand, I do admit I was still pretty immature at the beginning... So maybe you're right and I'm just a special case.
