Getting into relationships and dating at a young age has a negative impact and adverse effects on young children and teenagers. Dating during the high school years has many disadvantages including poor academic performance, social disobedience and increased levels of delinquency, depression, pregnancy, and drug use.

How young is too young when dating?

The real rules about how old and young you can date. The “creepiness rule” states that the youngest you should date is “half your age plus seven.” The less commonly used corollary is that the oldest you should date is “subtract seven from your age and double it.”

Why You Should not Date at a young age?

2. Because you open yourself up to major heartbreak, temptation, and pain. With all the changes happening in a teens body, paired with the social pressures that come from a relationship, its no wonder so many times teenage relationships lead to major heartbreak, pain, and “going too far physically and emotionally”.