Is dating beneficial for teenagers?

 

 

Nowadays, looking around you, you can spot couples all around you. They are everywhere, no matter where you go, and these couples are not only restricted to the adults. Many of them are also teenagers. So, we chose a topic that is very close-related and common in our daily life: Is dating beneficial to teenagers?

 

There are some positive effects:

1. Role as a “path”
* Study, relationship, etc : can role as a path in various ways

* Healing by confessing each others’ troubles/Can reduce stress by telling about their worries which we can’t tell parents and friends/Can earn mental enjoyment

* Feel good when I’m with her/him. Secrete adrenaline by spending time with her/him.

> Example ) My friend A have changed since she got a boy friend. Before she knew about him, she couldn’t understand boys’ behaviors and thoughts. However, now, she can get along all kind of friends.
 

2. Synergy Effect
* Can supplement each others’ drawbacks : Mutual supplementary

> Can develop by piecing together, such as personality : Can gain experiences which I can’t get from same sex friends.

> Study : Tutoring each other –The most ideal effect of relationship between boys and girls

> Character : Change flaws into advantages.
 

3. Teenagers’ own pureness
* Not weighing each other with their backgrounds (Fall in love with pure feelings)
* Don’t consider each other as a purpose / Can make an accurate value of sex during teenagers.
* Mental supporting / Can heal, feel comfort by just being with her, him
* Raise possibility to have proper relationships with other people after became adults
> Huge advantages to their mentality

There are also some negative effects:

1. It can affect teenagers' school scores negatively.

* They can waste their time to contact their boy/girlfriend. KaKaoTalk, Messages, or phone calls...
* They can't concentrate on their studying.

* They may spend more time to their appearance. They want to look pretty or handsome to their boy/girlfriend.

* They can use their time to dating, not studying.

 

2. They can do excessive physical affection.

* They don't know much about the opposite sex, so they can be curious about it.

* They can't control themselves well, since they are still immature.

* Excessive physical affection can cause some big problem which teenagers cannot handle.

3. They can have wrong perspective of sex.

* Since they are not grown-ups, some of teenagers can't recognize the right way to treat their boy/girlfriend.

* Some teens can treat or be treated badly by their boy/or girlfriend.

* Some of them who experienced those situations can have a wrong perspective when they are teens.

* It can last after they grow up.

So regarding these points, and with new creature other details from experience of all of you, we want to lead a discussion about whether or not dating is beneficial or appropriate for teenagers.

So, what do YOU think?