How young is too young?

Even though people say you can never love someone too much I would say that loving someone too much can hurt more than it can help. For example, when parents love their children so much they begin to smother them. I hav heard of mothers and fathers going overboard on rules. I know of a girl whou wasnt aloud to date as long as she was living in her parents house. infortunatly for her she wasnt aloud to work until she was eighteen and didnt move out of her parents house until she was twenty two. Therefore she couldnt date until she was twenty two. Talk about over extreme. come on parents its okay to be protective but to what extreme? telling an adult she cant date even years after she is a legal adult is just cruel. Yes girls should have an age when they should be able to date but does it really need to be when she is old enough and even has friends who are getting married? This maddness Is almost abusive. I would say the perfect age would be sixteen give or take a year. It also depends on how mature and resopnsible the girl is. If she is someone who makes wise decisions and has good taste in guys ( not going for the pushy good looking guys who only want to get in her pants) Then I think she is mature enough to date, at least double dating. But if the girl isnt focused on things that are really truly important then of course she shouldnt be aloud this privedge. Now I know that most parents think highly of their daughters and know for a fact that if she and her date were to get into any trouble it would be all the guys fault right. WRONG, I mean come on the guy may have raging hormones but so does your daughter. It takes two to tango my friend. This is why the first couple of dates should be in the privacy of your own home with the entire family. This way you can keep an eye on them, profile the date and keep your daughter somewhat happy. This may upset her but she will get over it, just remind her that she could still not be aloud to date. This will give both the parents and the teenager a reason to be happy. This shows that you love your child enough to set rules but not smother.