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Teen Dating. Harmless Fun? Or Potential danger?. What is teen dating?. Teen: A person aged from puberty to maturity Dating : A date refers to an activity two people share together with the intention of getting to know each other better on a potentially romantic level .
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Teen Dating Harmless Fun? Or Potential danger?
What is teen dating? • Teen: A person aged from puberty to maturity • Dating: A date refers to an activity two people share together with the intention of getting to know each other better on a potentially romantic level. • So, teen dating is an activity between 2 people aged from puberty to maturity with an aim to get to know each other better and a potentially romantic level
Harmless fun or potential danger? Opinions from our group • Araminta: Potential danger • Aisyah: Potential danger • Rosya: Potential danger • Menggale: Potential danger • Abdurrahman: Potential danger Opinions from the internet • A : “Dating is ok, but it shouldn’t be a priority, until you’re aged 17 or more” • B : “I have been with my boyfriend since september, and things are great, even though we had some fights.”
Facts based on research The Negative side • There is one fact that not few people having pregnant after experienced teen dating • There are many couple have broke their heart and they got stressed.. And ended in suicide • There are adults who posts as teenagers and gain trust from other teenagers to do bad things to them. • According to the Alabama Coalition Against Domestic Violence, one in three teens will experience some form of physical dating violence in their lives. • A disturbing study reported that approximately 20 percent of over 4,000 girls surveyed, age 14-18, had been shoved, hit, slapped, or forced into sexual acts by their dates.
The positive side • Teen dating provides a way to learn healthy communication skills with a partner. • Dating increases a teenager's overall self-confidence and standing with her/his peers. • Teen dating teaching youngsters the importance of trust and honesty. • Dating teaches teenagers about compromise. A healthy relationship requires both parties to sometimes make a sacrifice.
Conclusion Teen dating may have some positive effects for our lives, but it’s not worth for having the risks to experienced the negative effects. Maybe you can date if you are old enough to understand the circumstances in teen dating and accept the risks.
Sources / References • http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100228165057AAwLJGs • http://dating.about.com/b/2007/09/24/the-definition-of-dating.htm • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolescence • http://mailer.fsu.edu/~jcn8861/resources/tt-jondating.html • http://www.livestrong.com/article/154840-positive-effects-of-dating-for-teenagers/ • And special thanks to google