By Valaysia L. Smith
Teen Columnist
So dating seems to be a common thing for almost everyone nowadays. What seems to happen the most though is where you start trying to pay attention to your feelings and the other partner’s feelings and then everything’s out of whack and you’re like a whole new person.
I don’t know about you guys, but I’d prefer a dog. They’re just loyal and you don’t have to worry about being cheated. A most common thing I hear from adults is that you should wait until you finish college which is a wise choice seeing as though some college kids become teen parents because of something stupid.
Dating just comes with a lot of unwanted drama such as cheating, baby mom or dad drama, a lot of lying, and more that I’m not going to get into.
I can only wonder how the parents with kids that became teen parents feel about what’s happened. Maybe they’re disappointed which is most likely always the case, or maybe they’re mad which is also always a possibility. Or our favorite, mixed emotions that leave you with both disappointment and anger from our parents because of a simple move that we slipped up on.
I mean who else would there be to blame for there magically being a baby, right?
I recommend that we teens stay focused on learning so we can achieve our goals and then we can decide about kids after we have achieved our goals.
As for younger kids, and yes I said the younger kids. It’s not a huge shocker to me but I’m pretty sure it is for the adults but even the kids are in on dating. Twelve year olds and up. I was pretty baffled when I actually caught a small glimpse of it. Kids are more naive than adults or college students so I’ve noticed that they normally act like it’s some sort of game of candy rings and “marriage”.
Yes I said marriage. I have a younger brother, and we both used to attend a public school. One day we came home and he told us, “I married a girl named Mary Katherine” which had my mom and grandparents extremely dumbfounded. “Aren’t you kids” my nana asked which was the right question because he was far below twelve meaning that this dating game is going on way before they mature.
I say we just encourage them to keep a tunnel vision and when they meet their peak, they may then do as they please. As long as they don’t get in trouble of course.
