I feel like the parent's sign-off of "Not Ready" is really what's going on here. Parent, that is a you problem! Reach out to Team You about getting over your feelings of not being ready for your kid to grow up.

Once you stop panicking about the future in which your child is a teenager and you have to actually think about dating and safer sex and all of that, you will be able to live much more calmly in the present in which your child is seven and exploring ways of saying "I like this person and want them around".