adocs: there’s been studies on it. Google it.
Pringles: and a lot of people DO wait even when they are ready. How can a litvish 16 year old go into shidduchim? Most girls want to live a normal life, enjoy being a teen, so even if they are ready they won’t marry that young (unless they are chassidish). But if a good shidduch is presented, even if the girl is 16, why wait?
Tzipi Caton married at 17 I beleive….and was engaged at 16.
Plus a 16 yr old is NOT a child, she is a young adult. I was posting on the CR before I was even 16.