i need opinions: should a 13-year-old girl be kissing?
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It depends on a lot of things.\nIn some cultures, you could be married when you were thirteen.  \nDoes she know about sex?  It's consequences and how to prevent pregnancy and STDs?  If she doesn't, then she shouldn't be kissing.\n\nIf you are the parent... how would you plan on stopping her?  If she has started having periods, she is biologically an adult.  Trying to force her to not do something will likely backfire.  I recommend sitting  down and trying to talk to her about your concerns and point of view.  I believe education is the best solution.\n\nIf you are the 13 year old... you are probably a little too young.  Is there a "right" age.  No.  Not really.  It depends on how mature you are.  If you were my child, I would be fearful that this is the first stage of you rushing into sex.  STDs and pregnancy are dire consequences of having sex.  You really need to understand the dangers associated with it all.
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waaaaaaaw u r a good girl i like ur way of thinking \nwhat about girls in 13 and 14 who wants to have sex i think they still young and they wants to grow faster so they think if they have sex then they will be considered  old girls not childs as they all think about them \nu r a good girl keep in that way of thinking \nand i advise u never give ur body to any guy just wait till u find the one who really will love u and ready to marry u \nthen after marriage u can have sex
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At 13 years old...i also dated a boy at school.\nWe held hands, kissed and hung out together during recess.\nI forged a lot of good friendships at that age...and had a lot of boys that were simply "friends" too.\n\nProviding your motives are honourable, (and at your age...they had better be!), then i say go ahead!\nGoing to the movies,holding hands walking in the park and generally hanging out together with someone you like, admire or love at any age...is about the most blissful thing that you can ever do!!  \n\nIf you like her...and she likes you, i say go for it, and enjoy those uncomplicated years while you can!!
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Nope, it's a year age difference is about as meaningful as a hermit's address book!\nThe kissing will come naturally, just give it time and practice!\nAll the best
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13 is plenty old enough to wear earrings, makeup (in moderation), and I assume by nylons you mean pantyhose? My goodness, I was wearing them to church before I was 10! What does she wear with a skirt anyway? All of these are fine and appropriate for a 13-year-old, I think. The least being makeup, and I do stress *in moderation*. I'm sure that when I was 13, I liked to carry around a compact of pressed powder (like all of my friends) and lip gloss, but that was about the extent of it. No heavy mascara or gaudy lipstick.\n\nThe boy is a different story, though. I did have my first "boyfriend" at 13, which amounted to holding hands and my first kiss. He was also 13, though, which is MUCH different than a 16-year-old boy, which tend to only be after one thing. If she insists that she neeeeeds a boyfriend, perhaps you could stipulate that they only go out with supervision, never alone in his car, maybe even within a year or so of her own age.\n\nGood luck to you...I'm so not looking forward to my own daughter becoming a teenager!!
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Sadly enough, some people do have sex at age thirteen. But for the most part, they wait until they are 16 or 17, but they say that they have had sex to save face.
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There will be many boys in your future.  13 years old is to young to date.  Most relationships don't last in the teenage years.  Do you want to become a statistic?
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It can be for a 13 year old nieve girl.
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Again, my answer is dont waste your time and energy on such things at this age.  How old is he?  It could be illegal for sure.  However, this is an act of intimacy, nothing generic as a kiss.  Too many horrible diseases out there and no touching below the belt is a good advice in my book.  Girls today are "too easy" and this act is not something that should be a common or given thing to do.    Worry about graduating and focus on things in your life that will advance you as a person.  Experimentation is all well and good but at your age, these things are a DONT.
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If you are too young to learn in the first try you should not be kissing period . A DAD!!!
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I don't think that is good advice to give a 13 year old in this day and age.  Kids have way too much going on in their heads to think that something like what you suggest might occur for them.  \n\nYou may have had a good experience, but I'm sure that is the exception rather than the rule.  \n\nAs a teacher, I would think that you would exercise more restraint in these matters. \n\nDon't mean to be harsh, but you did ask our opinion.
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Well first of all yes you are to young.  You don't even have a clue what love is at 13.  Maybe you should focus more on your education.  Grammar would be a good place to start.  The world will not end if you don't have a BF.
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a kiss should be clean, simple, pure. it's intimacy that's allowable in the general public. i think kissing should mean something other than just physical enjoyment or sexual expression to both the boy and girl (or girl and girl or boy and boy lol)
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well, i'm only 13 yrs. old, and i'm kinda not married, but i don't see anything wrong with that either. unless you had kids with your ex, you should be fine.
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u r only 13. its normal. dont worry. it will take its own time.
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dont ask. its quite corny. just kiss her and if she pulls back, take that as a no, she doesnt wanna.
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It is fine. I am 24 and my husband is 35. we are very diffrent in age and it is great for us. Also not to say that it should be done or that it is legal and it has to do with the how mature the girl is. I feel it is fine to have relations with someone under the age of 18. many girls have sex befor the age of 18 but it should strongly weigh on her matuity. I think waiting untill the two people know that they are going to be married in the future is best or even waiting untill they are makes it even better. I know sounds a little harsh, but imagine this the people have just been married and how much more the two will want it and feel the romace of it all if they wait. Everyone has their own feelings about that though. If the two of them date for a couple years it is perfectly legal for the two of them to get married in most states befor the age of 18 and in some states can even do it now, but may still need a parents consent to do so. tell your friend and I am sure he will have even more fun making out how much he loves her to her and if marriage is something he really wants with her in the future making those plans with her too.