Tag: teenage love

This piece started as a letter to my teenage daughter. Much to my dismay she got herself a boyfriend.

Although I would have preferred she wait until she was a bit older, love had something else in mind. So my husband and I decided to embrace it as an opportunity to teach her some things about life and relationships. Six months later we are still in it knee deep.

We have a passionate affair with teen love in this country. Just look at the summer blockbusters and popular TV shows and you will see countless stories of angst-filled teenage love full of drama and passion. So, what is it about that age and the romance of that time that continues to capture our attention long into adulthood? And what is it about this type of love that you could bring into your own marriage?

Aside from the inevitable drama that is teen love, there is also a hopefulness and an enthusiasm for love and relationships that I think most of us still desire.