I'm reading this thread with puzzlement. I have a 15 year old daughter, 18 months from now she could have a baby of her own if history repeats herself.
Am I scared? Am I worried about her? No not at all - I had her on my own I completed my 'A' levels, I went to University, I have a very good career, I bought my first house at 19, she was/is privately educated. She's predicted to get As/A*s for GCSEs, she wants to go to University. When she was 6 I got married to a wonderful man.
She knows all this, she knows that life was difficult in the sense of having to juggle and make choices. But life is all about making choices, I have friends now who don't know whether to have kids because they don't want to make alterations to their lives, I have friends who are divorced, married, single some happy some sad.
But I trust my dd and when I say trust my dd I mean not to do anything illegal or put herself in an unsafe situation e.g. walking back from somewhere at 2am in the morning.
But dating a boyfriend no I'm not worried - yes I'm sure that there'll be blokes that I think she can do better with, and I'm sure there will be blokes that I think have funny traits. But as long as she's having fun and enjoys their company why should I care.