When is the best age for your teenagers to start dating?
This article was updated April 26, , but was originally published Feb. Read an updated feature story with information on how social media is affecting teen dating here. Perhaps the thought of all those sweet young couples slow dancing under paper streamers coaxes a nostalgic sigh or two. Ah, reality.
So, at what age do teenagers date? there was a lot of disagreement between my husband and I over what was the right age to let our son start dating . “I just want to chill after school, not feel like I have to text someone.”.
The general consensus from the group was that 12 seems to be a good age to begin dating . However, Miller finds that, at that age, the word dating means very different things to different people. Middle-schooler Giovanni, said, “Some people just hang out with their boyfriend or girlfriend. They hug them and kiss them. But some people get sexual about it. Statistics show that 46 percent of teens between the ages of have had sex at least once. Teens are exposed to intimate relationships early on.