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Quarter 2 Health8 Lesson 1

Here are the key points to consider in your responses: - Courtship involves getting to know someone seriously with the intention of marriage. Dating is more casual. - Courtship and dating allow you to assess compatibility and get to know someone before commitment. They help ensure you choose the right lifelong partner. - Important factors include commitment, fidelity, emotional/financial maturity, shared values like religion, communication skills. - Risks of dating include unsafe situations, drugs/alcohol, pressure for sex. - To prevent risks, date in groups, communicate with parents, set clear boundaries, make wise choices.

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Quarter 2 Health8 Lesson 1

Here are the key points to consider in your responses: - Courtship involves getting to know someone seriously with the intention of marriage. Dating is more casual. - Courtship and dating allow you to assess compatibility and get to know someone before commitment. They help ensure you choose the right lifelong partner. - Important factors include commitment, fidelity, emotional/financial maturity, shared values like religion, communication skills. - Risks of dating include unsafe situations, drugs/alcohol, pressure for sex. - To prevent risks, date in groups, communicate with parents, set clear boundaries, make wise choices.

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Dating, Courtship,

and Marriage

Quarter 2 Lesson 1
To love someone deeply
gives you strength. Being
loved by someone deeply
gives you courage.

Lao Tzu
Why do teens go out
dating?
Dating
It is a social activity which involves two or more people generally
assessing each other’s suitability for a potential relationship.

Dating can be also enjoyed as part of an already


active relationship. The word dating actually comes
from the arrangement of a time and date of meeting.
Importance of Dating
• It forms affection and respect.
• It strengthens the relationship.

• It gives quality time to each other

• It leads one to observe the other person’s character.

• It provides an opportunity for one to know his/her strengths and


weaknesses in dealing with the opposite sex.
Risks connected with Dating
• Dating is not always safe especially young and innocent
individuals.

• Risk may include crime and use of illegal drugs

• It is important to be cautious and safeguard yourself to avoid


mistakes
• Proper guidance should be given by the parents and other adults to
help them go through their development as an adolescent.
Courtship
During courtship, a couple gets to know each other and decides if there
will be an engagement. T

This is also the moment to test the compatibility


between the two persons and an opportunity to
know the background of each other, including the
family where each one belongs
Why courtship is important?
• Courting gives time to understand one another..
• It reveals one’s interests, likes and dislikes, limitations, and
other aspirations in life.
• It allows a couple to decide whether they want to be
committed.
• It allows couples to know if they are ready to be committed

• It develops security.
• It develops understanding and acceptance..
Courtship
A period of agreement entered between two people in love for them to be able to know
each other and their families well enough to be sure that they are ready and are suited
for life-long companionship.

It provides opportunity to develop interpersonal


skills useful before and even within marriage.
What is marriage?
Marriage is a cherished institution under which man and woman believe in one faith
and children are conceived, raised, and nourished to become useful and productive
citizens of the country and the world.

It is essential to the continuity of the human race.


Marriage
Filipinos view marriage as a sacrament and a lifelong commitment. Husband and wife
work for a successful and harmonious relationship at home and among family
members

Trust, respect, kindness, and love are essential


factors to attain this goal.
Marriage
As an adolescent, it is important that you know the things that a person endures before
finding the right one.

Before you find the person, you want to spend the rest of your life with,
you still have to undergo processes. You cannot marry someone you don’t
even know so well.

That is why dating and courtship are here to help you


determine the right partner in life for you.
Factors Necessary to Consider in choosing a lifetime partner
to work out for Successful Married Life:

1. Mental/Emotional Maturity 2. Fidelity


a. Can make the
a. Can make good relationship lasting
decisions b. Sincere and true to
b. Responsible in his / her promises
handling c. Considers
relationships relationships sacred
Factors Necessary to Consider in choosing a lifetime partner
to work out for Successful Married Life:

3. Commitment 4. Love
a. Can make a a. Strengthens
peaceful and lasting relationship
relationship
b. Understands one is a
b. Dedicated to partner
fulfilling his / her c. Enduring
responsibilities
Factors Necessary to Consider in choosing a lifetime partner
to work out for Successful Married Life:

5. Economic Readiness 6. Physical Maturity


a. Aims for better a. Proud of having a
future of the family good partner
b. Financially stable b. Have a healthy body
c. Good provider for
the needs of the
family
Factors Necessary to Consider in choosing a lifetime partner
to work out for Successful Married Life:

7. Character

a. Responsible and honest


b. Hard-working and industrious
c. Respectful and compassionate
d. God-fearing
Performance task
Express your idea by answering the questions below. Write your answers in your
Health notebook.
1. What is the difference between courtship and dating?
2. Why courtship and dating important?
3. What are the factors that you need to consider in choosing a lifelong
partner?
4. As a teenager, what are the risk effects of dating?
5. As a responsible adolescent, how would you prevent the risk effects of
dating?

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