| I'm not a parent...I'm in college, but I definetly feel like this is completely case-specific.
I had a friend who dated a senior when she was a freshman in high school and it was fine. They were both band geeks and everyone knows that band geeks interdate. She was actually far less pressured by dating him though he was 18 when she was 14 compared to a 19 year old she dated when she was 17. He treated her best, actually, compared to the other boys she dated. She dated boys our age who were not quite as good.
On the other hand, I had a friend who was taken advantage of by a senior when she was a freshman in high school, and she was devastated.
I know of a girl whose boyfriend throughout high school graduated before her and went onto Harvard. They continued dating and she got into Harvard and they're still together, last I heard.
Other friends have broken up with their boyfriends that went off to college first.
It varies. |