Sunday School Lessons about dating Page 2

To date or not to date. That is the question.

That is indeed the question. The hottest topic on the minds of Junior High age kids as the hormones ramp up to a fever pitch. What we teach is of grave concern to parents as well. Lots of great stuff has been written on this subject by very learned people. I have been a part of teaching Joshua Harris' book "I kissed Dating Goodbye" (shown below) as a six week series with the boys and girls separated. It was good to team-teach with a younger youth leader. He could empathize with the young men because he was still in the midst of the battle himself. I added a perspective from the long end of the battle that he could not.

While Joshua's approach is not to date at all, my Sunday School lesson aims to get kids thinking about their responsibility in a loving relationship, not just what a relationship can do for them.

Kids do not want to be told not to date. They're going to date. What they want is a biblical approach to relationships. My lesson does that.

My teenage son received lots of help and good advice from the books shown below.