Good point. I also don’t think teenagers should have “girlfriends” or “boyfriends.” Not today. Today it means sex, birth control and abortion. In the ‘50s, it meant giving fraternity pins! Kids need to pal around in a group.
Exactly what I told my niece when she was about 15/16....”Do NOT date....until you are looking for a husband. Just have friends.” Whether she has followed that I do not know, but I do know she listened...