Why Super Dates?

What are Super Dates?  Super Dates are planned activities that involve one or more couples and help each person to achieve his goals to get acquainted with a variety of people, with the intent that he will eventually have the skills and experience to narrow the field to the one person he will marry.  Specifically, this blog is our family's way of sharing principles and ideas that make great dating work!

From the time the oldest of our seven children were small, my husband and I have been discussing dating with them -- and he and I have been discussing dating since ... we were dating!  Because cultural courtship trends are becoming casual, we saw that our children needed specific instruction on dating before they were old enough to start stressing with their friends over it.

From the ways we were raised, we recognized the importance of studying out Godly patterns of interaction and forming our children's expectations early, with clear direction and guidelines -- so we all could make good judgments.  Establishing clear rules based on well-discussed principles and doctrines has been a blessing in our family already.  Though none of our children has yet married, our family has used these principles and our children have had positive dating experiences -- and have had the maturity to discuss (and avoid) many genuine pitfalls.  Our family makes plans together for future Super Date projects and works to help them happen.  With four of our children dating, it is on our minds a lot!

Enjoy the journey with us.