Should We Let Our 13-Year-Old Daughter Date?

The Dr. John Delony Show

Ramsey Network

Society & Culture, Relationships, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.8 • 5.9K Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2026

⏱️ 62 minutes

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0:00.0	My wife and I are on separate pages when it comes to what we allow in our daughter's life.
0:12.0	She's 13.
0:13.0	And my wife feels like it's okay for a 16-year-old boy to pursue her and want to be with her.
0:22.1	And want to be with her?
0:23.6	What does that even mean?
0:30.4	What in the world's going on?
0:30.9	What's going on?
0:33.5	This is John with the Dr. John Deloney's show.
0:35.2	Coming to you from Nashville, Tennessee.
0:54.7	I'm a real guy with a real family, trying to figure it out along with the rest of you for the last two decades plus. I've been sitting with hurting people as they try to figure out what's the next right move. And I'm glad that you've joined us. That's what this show is. It's real people calling in from all over the planet talking about what's going on in their life and their marriages and their mental emotional health relationships with their
0:58.3	kids whatever they got going on pull up a seat and we figure out what's the next right move
1:02.2	thanks for joining us let's go out to birmingham alabama and talk to horay what's up george
1:08.6	hey how you doing?
1:11.3	I'm good, brother.
1:11.9	How about you, man?
1:13.6	I'm pretty good.
1:14.8	What's going on, dude?
1:17.1	Yeah, I have a question.
1:19.9	By the way, a huge fan.
1:21.7	Thank you for the work that you do.
1:22.9	I appreciate that, man.
1:23.4	Thank you.
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