The Indian society has opened up quite a bit in the last decade. Today we see love marriages finding acceptance. We even hear about live-in relationships. But as soon as you enter any middle class household, youll hear constant bickering between young girls and their parents over the issue of Boyfriend!

Right from the age when we played around in our chuddies, we have been taught to disregard our attraction towards the opposite sex. But in this age of information, internet and satellite television, it is becoming increasingly difficult for parents and teenagers to understand each other.

Why Your Parents Dont Want You To Have A Boyfriend?

You are a little bachchi in their eyes. You will always stay so!

This is the time to work on having a career yaar. They dont want you to be distracted.

They are scared that your boyfriend is not really serious, and will not really marry you! Poor darlings dont realize that you are not really thinking that far ahead in the future. Its just timepass for you too!

They dont want you to be sexually active before you get married. They come from a generation where men placed a premium on virginity and only junglee people had sex before marriage!

Sometimes, they are open to the idea of you having a boyfriend. But they genuinely dislike the boy you choose, no matter how hunky he is. Thats coz they see more than the face and the bod.

Last but not the least, they are afraid of log kya kahenge!

Why Your Daughter Wants To Have A Boyfriend?

Blame it on the age, parents! With raging hormones and newfound perception of their own sexuality, what else would you expect?

Dont underestimate the impact of peer pressure in this age. Usually in a class of 40, almost 35 kids have a boyfriend or girlfriend. How can a young girl (without a boyfriend) be expected to survive in such a group without feeling like a freak?

While you sip your chai in the evening, your daughter is perhaps surfing the net, probably hooked on to orkut, checking out her scraps. The internet has made dating and meeting new people such a childs play. It is very difficult to resist the hazaaron invitations on the net.

Now that you see each others viewpoint, I hope young girls and parents will look for ways to address each others fears and tribulations. If at all you are having problems in this area, fikar not! You are not alone in this, and it wont last forever. Good Luck!