What’s the appropriate age for dating?

This is a question that has been troubling the parents and teens for ages, and I’m pretty sure that most desire to know the answer. In many people’s point of view, the age that people start dating doesn’t really matter, as long as it’s with the right other half. However, scientists pull out polls and interview results and analyze them into a pattern. Among the outcomes, we can see the successful rate of dating between different ranges of age.

Of course that the consequence of dating, whether the couple works out or not, is still mainly attach to their personalities and interaction. The reason that most people date is to find his or her soul mate who wants to spend the rest of their life together. And that just grinds in with the scientists’ investigating result: the best age of dating would be when one feels ready to fall in love and get married. In that case, 18 to 32 would be the perfect age. As in 18, both men and women are mature in their minds and bodies, capable of taking care of themselves and thinking straight. Even when atmosphere heats up and sexual intercourses can’t be avoided, it’s at least legal. The scientists also find out that after the age of 32, most people’s attention goes into their career and focus on earning money. The idea of dating and getting married is gradually put aside and by the time a person realizes that he or she should get a life partner, it’s already at the 40th birthday.

Eventually we see teens dating at schools, classmates holding their hands in classrooms and even 6 year-olds “dating” in elementary school. In some of those above situations you may say: ah that’s not dating, it’s just two kids being really intimate and having fun. But deep down inside you, you know that’s not true! Starting from the moment a girl and a boy admit to each other that they are girlfriend and boyfriend, it’s the beginning of dating. They hold hands, kiss and have many body contacts. Some get so deep in the relationship that they abandon homework and school, feeling madly in love and unable to think straight. Since teenagers are normally impulsive, very sensitive and get carried away easily, it’s often recommended that they don’t date. And according to researches, children who date at a young age usually perform poorly in classes and have more behavioral problems. For a mind wasn’t so easy to repair when wounded in a relationship, it may always carry a deep scar, especially at a young age. And that’s why the most appropriate age of dating would be 18 and above. However, the most important thing is that the family gives full support and provides a good deal of communication, rather than just criticize and make the topic forbidden. Only in this way can we promote good and healthy teens.