Okay, for the sake of trying to save this topic, I'll state the conclusions I've come to for myself. When a preteen is starting to notice the opposite sex, there's nothing wrong at the time for them to think "Hey! I'm so cool with my boyfriend/girlfriend! Woo!" because frankly, it doesn't cause any harm (other than making them look pretty sad to older kids). Besides, it's usually just a verbal agreement, and at the most usually something as innocent as a few little kisses.
However, if the kid is being pressured somehow to seem older and whatnot by going too far sexually, then yeah, the whole preteens "dating" thing is bad, especially since most kids are just starting to figure out how to make tab A er.. work, for a lack of a better word. (See thatbluebastard's image on page two if you don't know what I'm referring to.)
And as far calling it "dating" issue goes, by the time most people are old enough to realize that they were not technically dating, it simply doesn't matter any more.
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