Thank you Sanity Seeker for the wise advice I agree with everything you and the other members have said. I feel I made the right decision and like you and the others have said - sometimes we have to make decisions that make our kids unhappy. I also think I feel blindsided at bit - last year she was in grade 6 and all of a sudden in grade 7 - all the kids talk about who's BF and GF.

I think you're right, I want to shield her from bad choices. I feel the relationships that form between young people are so fickle and when breakups happen, this can affect their self esteem. I remember in grade 7 I started to lose interest in school. I want so much for my daughter and I want her to be smarter than I was. Although my mom was a good parent, she didn't educate me about sex or boys. When I finally met my husband(boyfriend at the time) when I was 18 I was way too naive and uneducated about everything. I recognize that I'm struggling with this age my daughters at. I think it's because this is when children start to pull away a little and become more independent. I also worry because it seems societies morals are degrading and it scares me. Thank you to everyone who's responded