After a (college-age) dating blogger for Seventeen posted a column about the pros and cons of online dating, the magazine’s website has come under fire for promoting online hookups to girls who are ostensibly too young to join most of the major dating sites out there — Match.com’s 18-and-up requirement goes unmentioned in the column, which uses Match as an example of online dating success stories.
The article quotes Nicole Clark, former model and creator of documentary Cover Girl Culture, who says that kids should be able to meet significant others through school and sports: “Seventeen magazine is giving cyber-stalkers a gift wrapped dream present: tweens and teens who are seeking love online from someone online.” But a relationship therapist says that online friends can help shy kids break out of their shells.
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