My mother always said she couldn’t choose a favorite age or stage when my sister and I were young, because every new one was immediately the best one. As a parent, I can certainly relate – though babies are sweet and cuddly and you hate to leave that stage behind, the precociousness of toddlers and early speakers has its own charms, and so on.

Personally, I can’t wait until my ids have a firm grasp on sarcasm!

In the case of these 22 parents, though, it’s their 7-year-olds who are currently shocking and awing them in the best possible way – and these tweets prove their point!

22. Eh, just give it to her.

21. Kids are weird in all the best ways.

Photo Credit: Twitter

20. There’s more than one kind of magic, I guess.

19. That conversation is going to come back to haunt that kid in a few years.

18. Kind of makes you feel better about everything.

17. One day, when he’s a teenager, you shall have your revenge.

https://twitter.com/sarahdelri0/status/639656063659339776

16. I mean, she would have liked it either way.

15. I hope he can carry that pragmatism into adulthood.

14. From the mouths of babes.

13. We all are, honey.

12. Tit for tat, but not like that.

https://twitter.com/ReasonsMySonCry/status/1119968228820815873

11. I’m not sure how I would respond to that.

https://twitter.com/kellyoxford/status/668968673596456961?lang=en

10. Why has no one thought of this before now?

9. It’s a cruel, cruel world.

8. I suppose that’s one conclusion…

https://twitter.com/sabaatahir/status/1107469709912338432

7. It doesn’t actually make sense.

https://twitter.com/kellyoxford/status/688884975190450176?lang=en

6. 100% chance this was a male child.

5. You might have different definitions of “ready.”

https://twitter.com/ValeeGrrl/status/818806850628046849

4. She has a point.

3. The world is definitely not fair.

https://twitter.com/kellyoxford/status/667523712959148032?lang=en

2. I hope he’s not very competitive.

https://twitter.com/dailydairydiary/status/800149546550509568

1. She’s using the word correctly in context.

https://twitter.com/AddyBrossWrites/status/1224859236104069121?s=20

There are days that are so, so hard, but man, these first 3+ years of parenthood have really gone fast!

Do you have a favorite age? Does your own 7-year-old surprise you on the regular? Tell us about it in the comments!