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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lane3 who wrote (20780)	8/6/2001 5:22:32 PM
From: epicure	Respond to of 82486

By encouraging I do not mean pushing. Attitude is all. I think you know what I mean. But maybe not.

To: Lane3 who wrote (20780)	8/6/2001 5:25:39 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

That is how I have handled it, neither pushing to date nor being particularly discouraging, but letting him wait if he wanted, and telling him not to feel self- conscious about it. He has had plenty of girls that he has played with as part of a group over time, but he is shy about crossing the line into explicit interest, and not quite ready to do more than flirt......

To: Lane3 who wrote (20780)	8/6/2001 7:44:13 PM
From: The Philosopher	Respond to of 82486

Good answer. My sister started dating in junior high. I had my one and only high school date when I was a senior. Basically, our parents let us find our own times and ways. Which worked out fine. Too many parents push their kids into dating mostly because it's a parental need, not a kids need. Maybe they don't want to feel that they raised "backward" kids, or they had so much fun dating that they figure their kids would, too (not all kids like dating), or for some other reason. So much of what many parents want their kids to do they really want for themselves, not for the kids.