By fifth, they were going on dates. In sixth, they were French kissing and petting. In seventh and eighth grades, they tried oral sex, and some had intercourse. The head of their school said she thought they were accurate in their timetable. Asked if they thought things were going too fast, the boys shrugged.
Sex is pleasurable.
Sometimes people get hurt. I've been hurt. But that's going to happen at any age. Psychiatrists and psychologists, however, say that most young teenagers cannot handle the profound feelings that go with early sex. They act and then obsess.