Teenage Love: Why Do They Try?

While alot of parents believe thier sons, daughters, and all young people alike date simply for the experience with dating, it is important to try and understand all the possible alterior motives involved with young love. Why do they try? What is the point? The desire for young people (especially teenagers) to find love is a common thing in todays world. It is important to understand that there are a variety of reason why teenagers are looking for love, and I've wrote down a few of my own thoughts on the subject. We'll start with one of the most common possibilities I've come up with:

1. The Media
Any show or movie a child flicks to through the channels these days involves some kind of TV couple. It's always been this way. Lucy and Ricky, Forrest and Jenny, Sandy and Danny, Cory and Topanga, Jim and Pam; they're all over the place! Now, in the same way a little girl would see Britney Spears and want to dance and dress like her, or a young boy would want to be cool like Danny Zuko, children see their favorite TV couples and picture the same thing for themselves. When children model aspects of thier lives after these shows (wardrobes, attitudes, morals) how can we expect them not to pick up and imitate their favorite character's relationship status?

2. Peer Pressure
Between friends and family, a teenager can find oneself surrounded by talking of boyfriends, girlfriends, husbands, wives, break-ups, make-ups, marriage and divorce. Because of the unavoidable suffocation teens feel as single males and females around couples, they will assuredly be pressured into having a relationship of thier own. Having a significant other might also help them to feel more like they "belong" in certain conversations, parties, dances, or double dates.


3. Simple Lust
On top of everything going on in a teen's head, they are also going through puberty. Changes are going on, hormones an all that jazz are creating sexual tension in the body, like it or not, teens are going to pursue relationships sometimes fueled only by lust. In order to avoid getting to risque, I won't get into detail here!

The important thing to understand is that teens are going to want to be in relationships for a variety of reasons. Trying to understand why they have these natural tendencies is okay, but in most instances, the category of "love" can be very vague and inexplicable! Simply let nature take it's course as long as the relationships stay healthy!