Not buying it...
Me either AND “dating in middle school” is silly and NOT good!
We’re talking about 11 -13 year olds, who really can’t “date” in the true meaning of that word!
I don’t think it’s a fair blanket statement to say that all teenagers who don’t date have good social skills and are less depressed. I completely believe that there is a group of teenagers that have great social skills and lead happy lives because they avoid toxic superficial high school relationships. But there are also well adjusted kids who marry their high school sweetheart without a hitch and live happily ever after. Kind of a bogus study because it doesn’t help us that much.
Looking back 40-plus years, that described me to within an inch of my life.
Straight-A student, even if I had to overachieve to get there.
Close to my parents, especially my father, who was a stern but kind disciplinarian and the most basically decent person I have known.
Well regarded by my teachers and grown ups in general, who generally thought I was mature for my age.
Not exactly “popular” with classmates but not without friends either.
Couldn’t get a date to save my life. And this from a guy 6-1, on the husky side but not obese.
I think it was that straight-A student thing. Chicks hate intelligence — that’s why they gladly give themselves to losers who mistreat them.
this is the human population crowd, if no one dates it won’t lead to other things which increase the population.
Well, bad luck in dating can really affect a teenager’s seof-image, to the point of deep depression. Too much success can overinflate one’s self-estimate also. Both can be long-term damaging.
Study: Teenagers Who Don't Date Have Better Social Skills, Less Depressed
Incels are better adjusted. Who knew?