Are 16-year-olds Too Young to Date?

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4.4 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Amelia calls in with her mom to discuss all the things she should consider before going on her first date. Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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0:00.0	Thanks for listening to my call of the day podcast.
0:02.9	You can hear my live radio program Monday through Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Sirius XM Triumph 11.
0:11.3	Mom and Amelia, who's welcome to the program.
0:16.4	Hello.
0:18.2	Hi. Hi, Amelia. How old are you?
0:31.1	Hi, I'm 16 years old. 16. Hi. Hi, Amelia. How old are you? Hi, I'm 16 years old. 16. Is that sweet 16? Are you sweet 16? Okay. How can I help you, Amelia?
0:42.9	So my problem is that I would really like to hang out with this boy that I've been talking to, but my mom isn't so sure about it.
0:44.4	Mm-hmm.
0:50.7	And when your daughter is 16, you'll be calling me about this.
0:52.6	She'll be calling me about the same thing, Amelia.
0:54.3	Happens in every generation. Okay, tell me something first about this she'll be calling me about the same thing Amelia happens in every generation okay tell me something first about this boy well he is 16 he'll be
1:01.9	17 soon he plays hockey and we want to hang out together, do, like, fun activities.
1:14.2	You're not telling me about him.
1:16.7	You just said he plays sports.
1:18.8	Tell me something about him as a person.
1:26.7	He's, like, really nice um and uh we um we um we don't know anything about him he's cute and he plays
1:42.0	soccer and that's what it is to be 16.
1:45.8	Yeah.
1:46.9	Yeah.
1:47.7	And you do know that teenage boys would very much prefer girls who have sex with them.
1:54.1	You do know that, right?
1:56.0	Yeah.
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