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I have one very outgoing little sister, and even though she’s only just turned eleven she’s already boy-crazy. Every few weeks she comes home from school or from a friend’s house or wherever, and tells me about a new boy she met who she’s started dating, and about how she’s so in love with him. She even talks about marrying them and having kids with them one day. However, within a week or two, something happens that causes them to break up, and eventually she meets a new boy, continuing the cycle.

At first I just thought it was funny and cute, but recently it’s started to worry me. All her friends are apparently the same way, and for some of them it’s landed them in some pretty inappropriate situations. For example, one of my sister’s friends, who’s around 11, is supposedly sexually active with her 13 year old boyfriend. That’s a scary thought.

Do any of you have younger siblings, children, or other family members or friends who are always infatuated with someone despite their age? Do you think it’s cute and that there’s no harm in it? Or do you think it’s something worrying that should be discouraged?