I truthfully think that if they are just talking, there is nothing wrong with it. A normal teenage has an attraction for the opposite gender. If you tell them that girls or boys are evil, then they will just rebel and do things which are much worse than talking and hanging out. You can talk to girls, and still be religious. In fact, for some people I know, them talking to the opposite gender makes them do even more religious stuff. If they are being shomer, and not talking about shtus, even though that often it is a waist of time, then it is better than them going off the derech. Hanging out with the opposite gender is not against the Torah at all
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