Dear Queenie,
I’m in high school but my mother says as long as I live with her I am too young to go out on a date with a boy.
Queenie, other girls my age can have boyfriends. Why can’t I?—Old enough
Dear Old enough,
If your mother will not let you learn about dating and relationships with boys while you still live with her, how does she expect you to learn when you are on your own – through sad experience? That kind of knowledge does not come easily or automatically.
Will your mother at least let you go out in groups of boys and girls? That would be a good start.
If not, talk this over with some other trusted adult and ask him or her to intercede for you.
