PARENTING: Restricting 12-year-old's romance is risky business
Posted: August 5, 2009 at 4:34 a.m.
Q: Our 12-year-old son likes a girl in the neighborhood who is in his grade in school. His friend called the girl on his cell phone and dared our son to talk with her, so he did. We found out and told him it's OK to like a girl and have a pleasant conversation with her in a group situation like recess, but he is too young to call her at home or say she is his girlfriend. Do you agree?
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Family, Pages 33 on 08/05/2009
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