If both dating partners are happy about the relationship, I don't see why it should be disallowed.

But, as with all things that children get up to, dating should be allowed only as long as it does not interfere with the important things, like their health and schoolwork. If a child's dating (or gaming, or texting, or anything else) is hurting their education or physical/psychological growth, it needs to be checked.

I think it is a good thing to let them explore the dating world unless it interfere with other important activities in their life.

I agree with Peekaboo. I have dated a few times and warned them straight out that I care more about my future than them. They seemed OK with that... for a while.

We all need and enjoy affection, including teenagers. So, I believe that we should allow teenagers to date if they want. In that case, parents should inform their kids about the possible consequences of dating such as sex and how pregnancy will ruin their lives.

I think it is good to date in high school because you learn more from your mistakes.And also learn how to handle a mature relationship. But not in mid school because you are less mature and my not do work or concentrate because of so much thinking of the person your dating

I'm completely okay with this.

Firstly when you're at that age your social skills aren't properly developed, so getting into a relationship can be constructive towards preparing them for the future; Especially if it ends badly, it will teach the adolescent how to cope with future trauma.

Secondly dating when young is exciting, so if in the future -I know this is very rare but- they encounter an untimely death or receive some kind of socially inflicting experience, at least they'd lived while young.

My third and final point is the fact that if two individuals want to be together, we as adults don't really have a right to separate them, in most cases anyway. Trying to intercept their relationship is halting their free will, and I'm pretty confident that if you alter a teenagers social life, it will have a much more negative effect than if you left them to cope and learn about these things on their own. Who knows, this person your keeping from them could make their lives much better than without.

However there are certain situations when the parent must take a stand, for example if your teenage daughter got involved with some crooks, it is unacceptable to have them with them; This though, isn't really related to dating, it's more about children and getting involved in crime, it will happen or not happen regardless of whether it involves dating. So to get back to the point, dating at a young age is fine in my opinion , any negatives that follow this are possible to occur without dating anyway: Such as abusive boyfriends, as you could get abusive friends, and so on. So I don't see the harm.

I am ok with it if there is some level of parent oversight or other group activity