There is also nothing evil, bad, or horribly wrong if there is consenting, positive intimacy within mutually agreed too and acceptable levels of physical interaction compatible with the ages of those involved.

But then that is a line perhaps never to be crossed in the present social, cultural, and quasi religious dominant narrative concerning child love.

Gawd forbid for showing and expressing affection and love between two consenting persons regardless of ages or genders.

Legal consent in the Philippines I still believe is 12 for the girl involved and often an older boy or adult man are those falling in love with her even well before she reaches 12. (personal family related observation confirmed this)