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		<title>Parenting Teenagers (12-18) Advice: 14 y.o. son dating 17 y.o. girl - DailyStrength</title>
		<description>Hello All,
My freshman son is dating a junior girl.  I don't necessarily have any problem with her--except that I think the age difference ...</description>
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			<title>Comment by MickKay</title>
			<link>http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Ages_12-18_Teenagers/advice/13697145-14-yo-son-dating-17/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[As I started <a href="http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Reading" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Reading')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Reading">reading</a> your post I thought "perhaps all of these changes is _him_ ... his hormones ... his attempt at growth and self-exploration (from a cognitive point of view)". 
 I still think that. From your son's point of view, based on what you post here, that sweet kid is still there but he's e...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:48:49 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by WinterBlossom</title>
			<link>http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Ages_12-18_Teenagers/advice/13697145-14-yo-son-dating-17/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[It also sounds like the girl has a lot of influence over your son, he might be in the middle of a tug of war between the two women in his life, being more willing to do as the girlfriend asks at this time.  I agree with accepting the 17 year old too and not pulling against her in your war. I have a ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:20:22 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by lsnider32</title>
			<link>http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Ages_12-18_Teenagers/advice/13697145-14-yo-son-dating-17/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[My son and his gf are both 15 and have been <a href="http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Socializing" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Socializing')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Dating">dating</a> for a year now. We started off letting them visit each other's houses when they were 14, but we met her parents and we agreed with them that we were all on the same page about supervision and not wanting the kids to get in over their heads. The thin...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 19:12:48 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by JaneBohn</title>
			<link>http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Ages_12-18_Teenagers/advice/13697145-14-yo-son-dating-17/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This is such a difficult thing for a mother to go through with her son. The best thing you can do is keep the lines of <a href="http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Talking" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Talking')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Communication">communication</a> open between the two of you. The more you push the more he is going to want to pull away and rebel. Be open about safe sex. This was a very difficult thing for me to d...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 20:37:18 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by Bobby5000</title>
			<link>http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Ages_12-18_Teenagers/advice/13697145-14-yo-son-dating-17/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[You better have a big discussions about sex and pregnancy pretty quickly.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2012 09:29:16 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by RLB3</title>
			<link>http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Ages_12-18_Teenagers/advice/13697145-14-yo-son-dating-17/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I love this site. I'm so glad I'm not the only one with issues w/ my kids. I agree w/ MickKay its a rough stage of life. I have  all daughters and all around the 12-14 age range 7th-9th grade were UGHHHHHH no words.saslkdfj;alkfjalsdfj is all I can think lol.  I totally agree with whats being said b...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 18:33:12 +0100</pubDate>
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