This waltzing off into the night with no parents, in skimpy clothing, and expecting, well what? A first lesson in being romantic? A taste of it, that encourages marriage later? Today? They already know. Way too much.

Maybe, with home schooling, we should explore home Promming.

A party with parents around, and not late, an afternoon garden party, very picturesque.

The guns may help matters, but you are still on board with the whole thing.

Coming-out romantic rituals are as old as the Bible, and are described in the Bible, but they were supervised by elders. The unmarried men contemplated the girls dancing in the vineyard, picked one they liked, got engaged, and that was that. And the girls were dressed exactly alike.