teens should not be allowed to date in high school.

Whether I made the resolution clear or not, you still don't seem to understand that I find high school dating useless. I titled this debate "teens should not be allowed to date" because I find dating useless and in some ways detrimental. I am not claiming that this should happen in real life because this is so unrealistic. How does this negate the resolution? You need to give me some evidence showing how high school dating specifically has benefited marriage or life in general. you need to give reasons why dating is useful for you refuted yourself many times by stating that "we don't date in high school to practice for marriage" when clearly, exploring romantic interest is for the sake of finding love for marriage. In the second round, I already did refute your statement by asserting that exploring romantic interests would be completely vain. You can't explore all the different types of personalities. Why do it in the time of mental instability and the time of academic importance when you can push the "time of exploration" back eight years? Here are reasons why people fail at marriage. 1. We don't listen 2. We only hear what we want to hear. 3. We provoke and allow ourselves to be provoked 3. We don't keep our word. 4. We engage in name calling and profanity 5. We lie. If we had high school to prepare and practice, might we be held accountable to avoid these basic seeds that have sprouted to ruin so many marriages here in the U.S? So what use is teenage dating? If one intends to marry, he/she must understand that person well enough. "After marrying, people can change drastically. Someone who was originally a family person could become more of a working person and it could affect the relationship." Hmm...in this case, the two still don't seem to know each other that well yet. I do believe that most people think that marriage is supposed to be taken seriously. Divorce is shown to have an impact on children and the mental health of the parent(s). http://www.rogerswebsite.com... you said, "In fact, I said everything has an effect on life, so this argument is void. I said that just because something could affect someone doesn't mean they should completely stop it" You also said "Also, the difference between high school dating and divorce is that high schoolers can't get married, so the statistic only applies to adults, making it irrelevant." If teen age dating has also been known to cause violence, pregnancy, depression, suicide, anorexia, and HIV, assuming that any of these happened, it would probably affect someone more negatively than lets say learning about how to drive. The probability of teen violence also isn't low. You still haven't refuted my claim concerning teenage pregnancy either. Teenage pregnancy can ruin dreams and aspirations which definitely affects someone negatively. I also want you to read the statistics of teen violence here in this website. http://www.clotheslineproject.org... 22% of all homicides against females ages 16-19 were committed by an intimate partner Females ages 16-24 are more vulnerable to intimate partner violence than any other age group –at a rate almost triple the national average. In 9 out of 10 rapes in which the offender is under 18, so is the victim. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Maternal and Child Health Bureau, U.S. Department of Health and –Human Services (HHS), Fact Sheet on Violence: Adolescents & Young Adults, 5, (2002). There are many things that can trigger a disruption. But given all the statistics that I presented (and I advise you to read them over), dating is a huge reason why teens have to undergo unnecessary suicides, depression,…ect. Since 80-90 percent of us date/dated in high school, this has occurred to MANY people behind closed doors. You claim that teen violence is not conducive to suicide, depression, and many other things that I listed? Look again. From the same website Patterns of dating violence behavior often start early and carry through into adult relationships Violent relationships in adolescence can have serious ramifications for victims: Many will continue to be abused in their adult relationships and are at a higher risk for substance abuse, eating disorders, risky sexual behavior, and suicide. Jay G. Silverman PhD, et Al, "Dating Violence Against Adolescent Girls and Associated Substance Use, Unhealthy Weight Control, Sexual Risk Behavior, Pregnancy, and Suicidality." Journal of the American Medical Association, (2001). ï¿½ "I understand what you are saying. 'Not allow' is synonymous with 'ban.' Yes, I agree it is unrealistic to ban dating, but stating that you don't think dating should be altogether banned is agreeing with the negation." Believe what you want to believe, this doesn't change the debate nor does it refute what I am supposedly saying. " A good time and experience in relationships can be a goal. Not everyone has the same views on morality and relationships." Alright, but has lead to many suicides, pregnancies,..ect so then again, dating in high school is useless. "Hypothetically, if teen dating was downplaying the idea of marriage, what would the problem be with that?" It will effect the way they way they handle latter marriages NEGATIVELY. Conclusion Teen dating is so unnecessary. The cons of "having fun" in high school outweighs the pros of having fun. I thank you for debating we me You made me bang my head a couple of times, you are good, I can't believe you are 14..amazing.