“These kids have emerging romantic ideas and emerging romantic feelings but are not actually ready to translate them into romantic behaviors or relationships,” said Julie Bowker, associate professor ...

I recently asked my third grade son about crushes in his class. After two years of having limited interaction with human beings, I had to turn to him -- the only person in our house who regularly ...

Why kids have crushes A crush is in its own category of relationships, separate from friendship or dating. Sometimes crushes are for people we know, and other times they are for fictional characters.