So I'm basically a brand new poster to this site, but I've sort of been watching it for a bit, and I definitely had a question to pose:

I don't know whether it's just my noticing it or it's a valid trend, but I've noticed this recent abundance of literature (most memorably on fictionpress) about tweens and teens falling in love.  I attribute a lot of this to the fact that you can't turn on the TV without seeing a pair of fifteen-year-olds declaring their undying love (side rant: do you ever wish there was another word in the English language that was synonymous with love?  I get so sick of the same word over and over again and by golly, it's starting to lose its meaning).  Sure, when you're fifteen you probably think that's plausible... or do you?  

I know I've seen several stories about fourteen-year-olds (and this is just from my scanning the summary-- somehow I feel like opening one of these stories amounts to some form of pedophilia) floating around fictionpress... and the bizarre part is that they're actually getting reviews.  Now, I understand that this stems from the fact that there are a lot of young teenagers serfing FP (I think I was maybe fifteen when I started looking?)... but my question is this:  What age is plausible for real, honest emotion?  Not just love-- but anything.  I know that when I was fourteen I was completely different from who I am now (in my late teens).  I know that I am a person am always evolving, but I definitely think that there's a huge difference between myself as an adolescent and myself as a... whatever I am now.   

Okay, wait, let me clean this question up a little... I guess I'm just asking if you ever ignore something (on television, in print, or on FP) based on the age of the characters?  I know I'm prone to flipping the channel if I see a pair of 8th graders lamenting their lives... anybody else?  Further-- where can the line be drawn?  At what point does it become a problem where you're missing out on really good lit. because you don't want to read about high schoolers?