Dating and Decisions

We are going to be having a 16 year old in our house in a couple of weeks and we have already had to face some dilemmas. Zach turns 16 on October 6th and the Homecoming dance is Oct. 18th. No problems there. But we never thought about the fact that all the girls Zach's age are not 16 yet. Even though they are not members of the church, should he still have to wait until they turn 16 to ask? This has been the question of the week. We finally came to a decision that he should ask the girls that are 16. The For the Strength of Youth Booklet says that you should date when you are 16. And while this is the standards for our Church, the prophet is the prophet for everyone. This has not been an easy decision. It has made us all think about our beliefs and how we should handle dealing with those who may not understand our standards. I know that it is not going to be easy to for Zach to have to explain things to this girl and he may get a lot of crap for this. But this is the first of many hard decisions Zach will have to make in his life.