Abstrak
This research aims at finding the love emotion of SMP students at Tanah Datar<br />regency. This was a field research in descriptive qualitative design. The respondents<br />were the SMP students at Tanah Datar. The data were collected by using observation<br />and interview. Based on the data analysis, it was found that the students‟ emotion<br />could be seen from two factors, internal and external factors. First, internal factors<br />are sexuality desire and intellectual growth. Strong desire and willingness about sex<br />is developed on students. Consequently, they tend to express the sexuality feeling by<br />making a very close relationship with the opposite sex and ignore the norm. Next,<br />intellectual growth is the students‟ immature mind-set which leads them to irrational<br />thought and cannot cope the emotional problem and their relationship. Beside that,<br />the students do not participate much in extracurricular activities, that is why they are<br />too focusing on their love. Second, external factors are parents, peers, culture and<br />media. Parents do not show the good way in taking care their children. Gathering<br />with friends or peers who always discuss about love give bad effect also on students.<br />Boys and girls relationships have became a trend among teenagers and worse by the<br />uneducated tv shows such as holding hands, hugging, and kissing.