You wrote a very good post RomanSunburn - I think your rule about dating for a year is great - that way a couple can see if they connect well in other important areas besides sex. I agree it is really scary having kids. If you have these great morals, then chances are good, your kids will too.

It's even harder I think having girls - I have a 9 and 13 yr old. My grade 3 girl has 2 boys who like her in class and she's getting very annoyed. I'm almost thinking of intervening because the one boy is jealous of the other boy's attention and there's like this competition going on. The one boy cried for several days because the other boy claims he kissed my daughter on the cheek in kindergarden lol and he heard this. All we can do is educate them and be involved in their lives.