Much to my relief, he replied: “Maybe 16.” That day’s conversation gave me an opening to start talking about infatuation, dating, love, and marriage as well. As a child enters puberty, he or she may sense a difference between boys and girls, experience attraction to the opposite gender, and start thinking about dating. As there are many definitions of dating, it’s good to establish a common definition that you and your children understand. For example, you could agree with your children that dating is having an exclusive boyfriend or girlfriend with the end-goal of determining whether to marry the person or not. So, what biblical wisdom can we share with our children about all of this? Plumbline #4: The three Ms of marriage
So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.” —Genesis 1:27–28
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HELP! HOW DO I TALK TO MY CHILD ABOUT LOVE, SEX, AND MARRIAGE
