START OF CLASS Answer these questions with your desk partner Technical 1.What is the purpose of dating? 2.What are the dating standards in your family? 3.When you have children of your own, will these standards change? How? 4.What is the difference between love and infatuation? Interpretation 1.What is important to you in the dating experience? 2.Why is the decision-making process important when we discuss dating? 3.What values affect your views on dating? Reflective 1.If you could make changes in the American dating experience, what changes would you make? 2.What would be the result of these changes?

Why do people date?

Reasons...  Learn more about the gender we are dating  Develop communication skills  Be accepted by someone who wants to spend time with me  Develop independence from parents  Learn to feel more at ease with intimate relationships  Help evaluate good & bad qualities that could be found in a future spouse  It’s fun & enjoyable  Sharing common interests and developing new interests

As teenagers, do you want guidelines about your dating life? Why do your parents want guidelines (rules) for you? YESWhy? NO Why Not?

1. Choose responsible friends 2. Date people close to your own age 3. Avoid tempting situations 9 Dating Guidelines What negative or positive impact could each have on a relationship? Explain.

4. Select entertainment that promotes healthy sexuality 5. Have your boundaries set 6. Communicate these boundaries 7. Have an agenda planned for your date & stick to the agenda (location & time) 9 Dating Guidelines What negative or positive impact could each have on a relationship? Explain.

Two HUGE influencing factors that affect a dating relationship  How you dress  Drugs & Alcohol