Comments on: "Horrors" Found In Tween, Teen Dating

Survey Uncovers Significant Levels Of Physical, Verbal Abuse; Sex At Young Ages; Many Parents In The Dark

[bsuehughes]

Children these days are raised with no respect for other human beings. Be that the parents, friends, boyfriends, etc. I observe it everyday. Children talking back and disrespecting their parents. I know families where the children have become the rulers of the house and push their parents to the edge. Personally, I don''t think 11, 12, 13, 14 year olds should be dating. The parents need to wake up and take control of their children and teach them how to respect others and to stay away from those that do not respect them.

[talkingham]

I would hardly put anything this story reports in the category of "horrors" - CBS will do anything to get you to follow one of their links.

The only "horror" I found here is the article itself, generated by a company and website that has a vested stake in promoting horror stories for money.

[stevex47]

I''m very sorry Drew...

[differnet]

Uh... 11 and 12 year olds shouldn''t be dating. Just a suggestion, but parents should get rid of cable or satellite TV. We get 7 stations on a regular antenna where I live. My daughter hasn''t been innundated with images of women dating as their only value. When she does watch TV, we have always had discussions about the roles women are given in the TV shows. We''ve talked about the relationships on the TV shows.

At 11 and 12, my daughter and her friends were playing with American Girl dolls and playing Nancy Drew video games. She''s 14 now and just starting to think about dating. Plus we have a 2-year rule. Until she is 18, she cannot date anyone who is more than 2 years older than her. She knows I will do everything in my power to have anyone over 18 arrested and make the life of any 17 year old a misery if they thought of dating her.

I know a lot of parents are into "free-range parenting," but you can also have a huge impact on the friends of your children. My daughter talked a girlfriend out of dating a guy last year who wanted her to go further than she was comfortable. I''m always an open ear for the girls around my daughter too.

[jboxton]

What the heck kind of relationships are 11 and 12 year olds having? Jeez! These stupid parents don''t know that their 11 YEAR OLD HAS AN ABUSIVE BOYFRIEND/GIRLFRIEND? Maybe if they get off the prescription drugs and PARENT their children they wouldn''t be dating that young. This story is ridiculous.

[concorde5]

I wouldn''t let my teenage daughter date. Maybe when she is 17 she could go out on a date but I would never let a 14 year old go out with a boy. I don''t understand why parents are so permissive with their children.

[hologram5]

I catch a little bast*&# touching my little girl and forcing her to do things will not have a very good life. I understand how it is as I was once a young boy but I never hit a girl or forced her to do something she was not comfortable with. This has everything to do with upbringing. If the parents teach the child respect, then it will be used. Part of the problem is our bloody nanny state telling us we cannot spank our children.