Do you allow your son/daughter..
By rogerdjt
@rogerdjt (166)
United States
November 15, 2006 12:59pm CST
To hold hands and kiss their boyfriend or girlfriend in public around you? At age 16, I don't want my daughter to display such conduct let alone around me. Am I to harsh? I think that would make me look like a bad parent as well.
4 responses
@AxranraRose82 (1120)
• United States
16 Nov 06
so your son may kiss and hold hands but your daughter may not? What about the girl that your son is with? What will her parents think of that?
@AxranraRose82 (1120)
• United States
15 Nov 06
My children are 5 and 1 so I don't have the problem yet. I think that every kid wants to explore themselves and figure out their lifestyle. One thing they do is date and kissing is usually a part of that...(and hopefully not any more). What I would do is stress the importance of appropriate behavior in public and around you and be detailed- hand holding is the only thing that is ok around you..or whatever it may be that is alright. THat is about the best you can do short of putting her on a leash and denying her things that will only cause her to rebel. Ask her how she would feel if you were walking through the mall with her making out with your husband or boyfriend. Then ask her how she would feel if you were simply holding hands. If something makes her uncomfortable to be around or see, when it is not her then she shouldn't be doing it herself.
I know how I was when i was young and no one really sat me down and explained it that way to me. Had they, I might not have acted the way that I sometimes did.
@sarah22 (3979)
• United States
15 Nov 06
well, mine are too young for that kind of stuff. when they get to the right age, over 14 then ill explain that its not nice to show that around. its great to love and care for someone but keep it private. a small kiss on the check to say by is great. your kids learn from you and if you have good morals and then they will pick them up from you too.
