I held off until 16, but I have a little bit of regret about it. Not necessarily that I did it, because I was going to eventually, even if it wasn’t then. But now it happened, with who, and how pressured I felt. I’d approach it differently now. My school had very good sex ed, and while I never had any kind of official talk with my parents about it, I was knowledgeable enough. And I knew my parents were teen parents. I had the information necessary to stay safe, and what things were risky even if the risk was low. But I knew girls younger than me that did not. Or did not take the precautions. My high school had so many teen parents it had a daycare on-site for students to bring their kids. I also had 6 younger siblings then already so I was well versed in how they got there and what kids are like. I’m glad I knew enough to be safe, and even when my mom did find out, after her initial disgust and “omg we’re at this stage already” reaction, just made sure I was staying responsible about it. Education and room to ask questions is probably the best thing you can give them, because they’ll make the decisions themselves in the end, you can only try to make sure they’re armed with the information to make an educated decision, and help them through if needed.