The moment your daughter set foot in her freshman high school homeroom class, it seems, you’ve been bombarded with all sorts of social dilemmas you’d hoped were still years away. Suddenly, she may insist on being at every sports event, dance, and party—actually, wherever her peers are. Your brand-new high school student expects to socialize with juniors and seniors, some of whom are 17! She’s years from getting her own driver’s license, yet she wants them to give her rides?
A cacophony of alarm bells may be going off in your mind. She’s barely a teen! According to your rules, she is way too young to date. It’s one thing to talk on social media; it’s another to hang out at someone’s house. What if the parents aren’t home? What if your daughter caves in to peer pressure to drink or to have sex?
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