Why do we have crushes at a young age?

Answer 1

Crushes can be so hard because it's an exciting, yet daring thing to have one. The whole keeping-it-a-secret thing and the whole getting-your-friend-to-find-out-if-they-like-you-back thing. It takes up so much time and energy, yet at the moment, there's nothing you'd rather do. You dadydream about them, night-dream about them, you name it, it's about them. So if things don't work, you're instantly crushed because even if part of you knew that they would never like you back, another part liked to imagine and hope that secretly, they did. That little tiny bit of hope is what got you wishing and now that there's no hope, life seems lost. But a tiny bit of advice: I've been through a lot of crushes, thought I would never love anyone else, but I always managed to get another one by the end of the week!

Answer 2

They teach us about relationships and allow us to get ready to have a relationship. Life is about learning and in many cases we have to take baby steps before we take the larger ones. Crushes are just that. Baby steps.