The Dangers Of Teen Dating

Today, we hear a lot of noise about sexually transmitted diseases, particularly the ever-dreaded HIV. Almost all governments worldwide, if not all, are working around the clock to inform everybody, especially the youth, that this disease can be prevented by practicing safe sex. Thus, they provide everyone with sex protection products like condoms and pills. 

I agree that we can prevent this disease, and, unlike in the past, once infected by HIV, you are dead; now, we can control it. Thanks to the relentless effort of science to help find solutions to at least prevent this disease from killing people infected by it. But then again, you still wouldn't want to acquire this disease; heed the warnings that sounded everywhere. 

It is indeed the youth who need this information campaign against unprotected sex because it is they who are vulnerable to irresponsible relationships. 

Looking into the truths about relationships, I like the idea of some parents now and many in the past that would not allow their children to get involved in a girl-boy relationship not until they graduated from college because they know for a fact that having a relationship would divert their attention and may lose their focus from their studies, and fail miserably in the academics and probably worse fail in their lives as a whole.

While it may be true that they could lose focus in their studies, it sometimes means they would be a partial failure. However, they shouldn't get involved in a relationship just yet. 

If you agree that the Bible is the source of truth, let me take you to the story of Joseph and Mary. Mary was yet a teenager during that time, and Joseph was already a responsible man. Teenagers before were not as naive as our teenagers are today. They are already as accountable as our working class of today. Thus, Joseph betrothed Mary. They did not get into a relationship for the heck of it, but they intended to create a family.

Allowing teenagers to go out on a date exposes them to the dangers of unwanted fleshly acts. It doesn't always happen that they would already get sexually intimate when they date. Still, the opportunity to be lascivious is always there; when that happens, no one can tell what will happen next. And besides, thinking about lust is already considered a sin even if it is still in mind; how much more if you start to caress and more? The possibilities are endless.

These relationships are the drive that this article is pointing out to prevent the youth from getting involved in unwanted pregnancy and, worse would be to acquire HIV; courtship and dating should only be allowed to those who are already responsible enough and those who intend to get married.