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Lasere, Praying for you!! cindydiane

Hi Carolyn, thank you so much for your prayers. I could really use them. It is difficult to see my 14 year old growing up!!! I told my son I trusted him but I just think he's too young for a girlfriend. That's when he told me I was being contradictory. I really think there are other things he should be using his time for. What do you think?? He still has a lot of years to be a kid before he grows up, right?? cindydiane

Dear buckthesystem, Actually what I said was he shouldn't spend his time with any girls right now. Not stay away from them entirely. I should have elaborated on that and said he shouldn't spend his time with any one girl and not be able to be friends with other girls his age as well. Sorry I didn't say that clearly. He is not the type of boy that would assume that girls are bad and might corrupt him. Quite the opposite. I believe he really is quite mature for his age. When he talks to adults, he gives them the impression he is one of them. He does think things through very carefully. He is not the type to be resentful either. He does not hold grudges, at least not up to now he hasn't. As far as age, you are right there! My mother was 16 when she married my father and they are still happily married. She is 70 and he is 77. I told him today that if he has a girlfriend, then he might not spend the time making friends with other girls, because he has devoted his time to this one girl. He told me he is not especially interested in having a girlfriend at the moment, but just felt I wouldn't trust him to have one. He said he especially didn't want to date right now, either. hmmmm cindydiane

K.L. Thanks for your welcome!! cindydiane

K.L. Thank you for your input! This is definitely going to help me. cindydiane

Sorry, Tess, I replied to the wrong post (my own!). cindydiane

Hi Tess! Thank you so much for your response!! I can see by this list that there are several areas in which my son needs to improve!! I was glad to hear from you. I am going to show him this list. My daughter and I were studying Bible this morning and read how Paul was battling Spirit against Flesh every day of his life. I told my son about this, because he thinks he would be able to handle any situation that comes up with no problem. Maybe he can, but who knows what Satan can do??? cindydiane

Hello. I am cindydiane. I have a 14 year old son. There is a 13 year old girl that really likes him and last night asked him if he is allowed to have girlfriends. He told me about this. I told him he is too young to have girlfriends. He then approached me with You don't trust me. Maybe I don't. He is a very trustworthy young man, but I still feel he is too young and he shouldn't spend his time with any girls right now. Any advice? Do I sound like I'm being contradictory?