Dating lessons in National Curriculum?
In a recent article by Emily Garnham in ‘The Daily Express’ (www.express.co.uk/printer/view/59548 ) they suggested that children are dating as young as 10 years old and we need a national curriculum for dating lessons. They said that findings from DatingDirect.com show that 64% of British adults believe they could have benefited from relationship lessons.
This is what I’ve been saying about adults for some time now and that’s why I started a dating school! (www.mydatingschool.com) I think it’s a great idea to start earlier with adolescents and people in their young 20’s so that they can wisely choose their significant others and begin to learn about themselves along the way. This will help them develop as people, learn good relationship skills and prepare them to make healthy choices ultimately for marriage. I believe that learning about what you need in a relationship early on could better prepare young people for successful marriages and could lower the divorce rate and number of broken families.
We learn about math, science, English literature and music to prepare us for life; why not relationships? Look around, most people (and now even children) have one. Why not help our next generation learn to take good care of them selves and choose appropriate partners who treat them well?
Paulette Kouffman Sherman
Author of ‘Dating From the Inside Out’ by Atria Books, published February 2008. Director of My Dating School in
Manhattan (www.mydatingschool.com
October 2nd, 2008 at 6:12 am
I think this article is really worth considering for us the singles and especially the teenagers who can be dating conscious and know where they are heading for and also aware of the purpose of dating. it is good to avoid more broken hearts people due to misconception and associating with the people of not their types in dating.
I am glad Dr. Paulette has initiated this brilliant idea and one day if I already find one I think I feel called to do similar school in my country, Indonesia.
Cordially yours,
Rudy, denpasar, bali
http://profiles.friendster.com/r8123611918
December 7th, 2008 at 5:28 pm
Good for you Rudy. Children are impressionable and they thrive when given a strong foundation in relationships. We can facilitate the discussion of important ideas and help them consider what is healthy early on. It’s nice to think of people everywhere working on their piece of this puzzle, with school children and in families.
My Best,
Paulette