https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 12 Apr 2026 08:31:34 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-do-you-think-a-kid-has-to-be-to-understand-the-concept-of-love#post-5701 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 22:36:49 +0000 chopsuey 5701@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think there are some adults who still don't understand what it means to love. :P<br /> But thinking back to my earliest memories, I loved my mom when I was 4. That is, if love was wanting to be with her all the time.. ? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-do-you-think-a-kid-has-to-be-to-understand-the-concept-of-love#post-5686 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 21:10:48 +0000 Andrea 5686@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't know but my daughter has started to say I love you at 17 months and that is good enough for me whether she knows what it is or not! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-do-you-think-a-kid-has-to-be-to-understand-the-concept-of-love#post-5684 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 20:46:02 +0000 mrbee 5684@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Charlie says "I love you Dada" all the time and he seems so sincere! But then again, he's 22 months old. It seems improbable that he could truly understand what love is.</p> <p>I don't dwell on this one too much though, because I prefer to think that he truly loves me with all of his heart... and he finally at long last is able to verbalize how he feels about his old man. :-)</p> <p>But for the sake of discussion... how old do you think a kid has to be before they really understand what it means for them to say, "I love you."? </p>