I don't know how my mother did it. I was interested in boys as a teenager, and at 15 had my first "real" boyfriend. (Although as it later turned out, it was his best friend that I was really interested in!) But I was definitely more mature when I was 13, 14 and 15 years old than my daughter is. Still, that doesn't stop the boys from looking at her, which is the current case.
A boy my little girl has been hanging out with as a friend has a mad crush on her. It's all over his Facebook page. He's been trading nonstop emails with her asking her what I consider to be inappropriate personal questions (although not sexual).
We've had to pull the plug on this friendship before it went too far. He has since ran the gamut of emotions. He was obviously very angry judging by posts on his Facebook page. He acted confused. And now he has admitted to our son that he is in love with our daughter.
He's pretty mad that we won't let him have contact with our daughter, but he has already distracted her from her school work enough. Some of the suggestions the two of them have made about how they were going to find time to spend together is also a bit worrisome. So, rather than have to deal with that stress right now with a 14-year-old girl who needs to focus on her school work, we have put an end to the friendship.
Some parents might think we're being a bit overprotective. Maybe. But I honestly think too many parents give their children too much freedom, then wonder why their 16-year-old sweetheart is carrying around a baby bump. It's not going to happen on my watch.
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