Theres no right answer. Its important to consider your child as an individual. For many kids, 16 seems to be an appropriate age, but it may be entirely suitable for a mature 15-year-old to go on a date, or to make your immature 16-year-old wait a year or two. You can also consider what other parents are doing.

Can 16 year olds fall in love?

Dear True Love: Of course you can be in love at 16. Ive known kindergartners hit by Cupids tipped arrows. Anyone whos been shot understands the delicious delirium, the absolute “walking on air.” Often called infatuation or lust, this phase of love usually gets a bad rap. But it is how most true love starts.

How long does the average 16 year old relationship last?

By age 16, relationships last an average of two years, writes Fogarty. Most long-term relationships do not occur early, and during the teen years, you are likely to see group dating, according to Melanie Greenberg, Ph.

At what age real love happens?

And though for most people it happens young, its certainly not true for everyone. They found 55 percent of people fall in love for the first time between the ages of 15 and 18. So its more than half, but that means 45 percent of people still havent been in love when they enter college.