What is an Appropriate Age for Dating? | Pediatric Therapy Tv
In today’s webisode, a pediatric social worker explains ways to determine at what age it is appropriate for your child to begin dating. Click here to read our blog titled “5 Tips For Your Dating Teen”
In this video you will learn:
- How to tell if your child is ready to date
- What factors weigh in on the decision of dating
- How to tell if your child is ready to date
Video Transcription:
Announcer: From Chicago’s leading experts in pediatrics to a world wide
audience, this is Pediatric Therapy TV, where we provide experience and
innovation to maximize your child’s potential. Now, your host, here’s
Robyn.
Robyn: Hello, and welcome to Pediatric Therapy TV. I’m your host, Robyn
Ackerman, and today I’m sitting here with Michelle Winterstein, a Pediatric
Social Worker. Michelle, can you tell our viewers at what age is it
appropriate to allow your child to start dating?
Michelle: Sure, Robyn. I don’t think that a specific age automatically
deems your child ready to start dating. I think it’s really an individual
factor, and it depends on the maturity of your child. I think the important
thing is when your child comes to you and expresses an interest in dating,
and you think that they are at the maturity level where they are ready for
that, then open up the lines of communication and make sure that your child
feels comfortable talking to you about the process of dating. I would also
recommend getting to know the child that your child is interested in dating
and make sure that that child’s family has similar values as your own.
Robyn: All right. Well, thank you so much, and thank you to our viewers.
And remember, keep on blossoming.
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