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.
7-year-old: What can I have for a snack?
Me: Any fruit.
7: Strawberry ice cream.
Me: Try again.
7: A banana split.
— James Breakwell, Exploding Unicorn (@XplodingUnicorn) January 7, 2020
21. Kids are weird in all the best ways.
Photo Credit: Twitter
20. There’s more than one kind of magic, I guess.
7yo son: May I have some water?
Me: What are the magic words?
7yo son: I can get it myself.
Me: There you go.
— Laura Marie (@lmegordon) January 6, 2020
19. That conversation is going to come back to haunt that kid in a few years.
My 7yo: Why do you have a tattoo on your butt?
Me: It's my lower back & lots of girls were getting tattoos there in the 90s.
Her: But why? Who did that to you?
Me: A tattoo artist near my college
Her: In college? (shaking her head) You made some bad choices, woman.
— LaToya Jordan (@latoyadjordan) February 3, 2020
18. Kind of makes you feel better about everything.
7yo: you know what I love?
Me: what?
7yo: that every pencil has an eraser attached. It’s like the world expects everyone to make mistakes. That’s pretty cool.#TheKidsAreAlright— RanaAwdishMD (@RanaAwdish) October 12, 2018
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.
7yo: How do you like my snowman?
Me:
7yo:
Me:
7yo:Me: Why’s the carrot at—
7yo: He’s standing on his head.
Me: Ooohhhh
— Jessie (@mommajessiec) January 27, 2020
15. I hope he can carry that pragmatism into adulthood.
My 7yo son had the most mature breakup!
7YO: BTW mom, I broke up with my girlfriend.
ME: everything ok?
7YO: yah. We just realized we like different things. Like, she likes to walk around and chat and I like to run around and play a lot. So we decided we should just be friends.— 🥧 SUZANNE 🥧 (@425suzanne) February 2, 2020
14. From the mouths of babes.
Hahaha! My 7YO just shut down a disagreement she was having with her sister by saying, "Stop being wrong."
I need to use this!— Jennifer Greenberg 🕊️ (@JennMGreenberg) January 23, 2020
13. We all are, honey.
7-year-old: I'm too tired for this.
Me: For what?
7: *motions vaguely at the world*
— James Breakwell, Exploding Unicorn (@XplodingUnicorn) December 6, 2019
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?
My 7yo said if she ever gets married she wants to have a pajama-themed wedding, and I feel like my parenting has come to fruition.
— SpacedMom (@copymama) June 11, 2017
9. It’s a cruel, cruel world.
My son asked my 7yo how she would survive a bear attack and she replied she would try to be his friend, thus making her the most adorable of my children but also the least likely to survive an encounter with an actual bear.
— Jessie (@mommajessiec) September 24, 2019
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.
7yo: Daddy, I can't find my stuffed animal
Me: Here it is
7yo: How did you find it?
Me: I looked
7yo:— Robert Knop (@FatherWithTwins) August 16, 2017
5. You might have different definitions of “ready.”
https://twitter.com/ValeeGrrl/status/818806850628046849
4. She has a point.
7yo: Why can't I have coffee?
Me: It'll make u even more energetic than u already are
7: But u drink it all the time& u never have energy!
— Salty Mermaid Entertainment (@saltymermaident) August 13, 2016
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!