The tween years are filled with all kinds of *moments.* Some of these moments are sweet and some are not, but they’re moments nonetheless. If your tween is anything like mine, they might be getting interested in having a relationship with another tween, or they at least might beginning to talk about doing so.
My son is actually a bit of a mess: he started expressing a strong interest in having girlfriends when he started preschool at age 3. Since then, he has engaged in numerous relationships that have all been pretty adorable. They’ve also been very sweet and age-appropriate. And obviously, the last thing any adult needs to do to young kids is to be an adult label on their behavior… so we’ve just let him enjoy having lots of friends that are boys and girls.
As we usher in the tween years, however, it’s become clear that something is shifting a little bit. And with that shift comes a great parenting challenge: staying super cool while your tween starts to explore actual relationships with other tweens.
Source : https://www.littlethings.com/tween-first-relationship/