Puppy Love?

Dating in high school is a big debate for some people, mostly parents, who think their kids should wait till they're 26 to start dating. When teenagers start to date too young, like freshmen, they use the words "I love you" within weeks of dating and never see the person but they just claim they are "dating". Another thing teenagers do when they start dating is they will cut off the rest of the world and just talk, think, and see their boyfriend or girlfriend, they start to lose friends, grades start to slip and they lose theirselves in this feeling called lust. I'm not saying all of this because I waited to start dating, because I didn't, My first boyfriend was in 6th grade haha. But this is all from experience, I think junior or senior year are good years to start more serious relationships if the person is mature enough to handle them.

Teenagers shouldn't cage themselves from the opposite sex till graduation because that would be do more harm then good. Teenagers should go out and flirt and hang out with guys and girls. But they should find someone they have fun with, who believes in their dreams, who listens to their problems and gives them advice because they care, who makes them smile, someone who wants them to live their own life, who they can be themselves with and makes them a better person. 


They should find a best friend who they just so happens to be dating. But I'm saying this from experience, because those are all the things my boyfriend does for me, and I think everyone should experience all of those details in their relationships, puppy love or the real deal.