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Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Hate the boyfriend/girlfriend? What do you do about it?
If you forbid it, does it only make it worse? How can you monitor without forcing the situation?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Are you loving or hating your teen’s boyfriend/girlfriend? If you dislike them, why are you not liking them and what is your plan of action? Do you stay out of it and just let nature take its course? Do you try to subtly point out the person’s faults and why you don’t feel they are a good match for your son or daughter? Can the date feel your animosity or are you pleasant on the surface?
Do you ever put your foot down and say “No, you just cannot date that person!”? How wrong or bad would they have to be to illicit that type of response? Does forbidding the match only make it that much more tempting?
Do you have basic guidelines for who they can date? What are your criteria: age, grades, religion or race? Where does personality fall into the mix?
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