Do you have an age of children you dislike the most?

I find 7-9 year olds particularly irritating

Loved 3/4 to about 6/7 - able to have a conversation but still very much a child, able to be silly and have fun and just sheer joy in magical things like movies and santa etc. Mostly do what they are asked without too much fuss.
Oldest has just turned 9 and the past 6-9 months have been really challenging, she has some good days and some really challenging ones where even the simplest question such as 'what would you like for lunch' leads to a total meltdown.

I despised the baby stage until about 9 months, mine were both whingey, constant criers though so it was really mentally and physically taxing, constantly trying to soothe them and keep them happy, and then walking on egg shells to not upset the rare happy/content moments (and I mean rare!). Absolutely loved the toddler/preschool age, they were hilarious and such fun, loved seeing their personalities emerge and how excited and intrigued they were by the smallest thing. Miss having them both home with me most of the time, and the freedom to go on spontaneous days out during the week. Mine are now 8 and 10, and are delightful most of the time. The occasional bit of attitude and high emotions from the older one, but nothing too drastic. Think they're saving it up for the teenage years to be honest, as so far, since the youngest has been over a year old, I haven't found parenting at all hard, they're such easy going kids... And I never would have thought that thinking back to how hard work and high needs they both were as babies! Some of dds 10 year old friends are hard work though, and have been for a couple of years. Seem to be constantly looking for drama, or reasons to moan and strop, so I do think it's quite common for hormones to set in at this age (especially with girls) hoping for a good year or so before it fully hits us 😅

Mine are just teens,.give me any other stage, they are far noisier, messier, ruder, more expensive and destructive at the age they are now. I used to think I was a good parent but now they drive me up the wall as everything seems over the top exaggerated which winds me up.

I agree with you OP on 8-10 years old. They are right know-it-alls at that age.
Luckily secondary school puts them back in their place 😄

0 to 1 by far the worst.
1 to 4 hard work but rewarding.
5 to 28 a complete joy.
Also I dislike all other children than my own which is why I nearly didn't have any.

Agree with this. Except I'm regrettably not childfree...

Mines 8 and so far loved all stages, she's been fab, appreciate we may have been lucky! And maybe just having 1 has helped. Hoping it stays this easy 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻

12-14 nearly 15 was peak for my dd. She's been more than a handful. Just like her friends they just seem at that very awkward age

14 to 20 months ish was my least favourite age. Once their comprehension improved, it was all good again but that stage where they are into everything but can't do a little conversation isn't good.

My very favourite age is newborn to 6 weeks though. Pity you can't stop time for a bit when they are brand new!

Dislike? No. Find tricky? Yes - age 13/14. Both in my own dc and the ones I teach! Lots of them become a bit selfish and difficult.

Year 6 (age 11) was the worst for me with ds, a few people I know had similar experience.
Year 8 was tricky too but I think that was more down to friendship problems

Thank you for this post, it's somewhat comforting seeing other parents finding/found the same age difficult comforting for me.
My daughter is almost 2.5 she is firmly in the "why" and screaming stage. I have found the last couple of months so difficult and to be honest have been my least favourite.

Children should be born at 4.

I liked every stage apart from the newborn and toddler bit !

I loved having teens!

Around 2.5 to 3.5 I find I have less patience for.
I love the baby stage! I've also found teen years ok too so far -oldest is 17.

Age 3 mine are 3 and 5 right now and going through it with the 3 year old right now and went through it with my 5 year old. Can't speak for the future but all my older nieces and nephews and friends kids also wound me up when they were 3!! 😂

I'm definitely finding age 8+ hard with my daughter - the belligerence, cheek, back track etc hard. It's seems like an awkward age where they are growing out of young kid stuff but they haven't found their new place yet. She swings wildly from acting pretty mature and cool to asking for toys for Christmas which I would consider are more age 5-6 appropriate, and the mood swings and general drama has been a surprise 😳

I also have twins - LOVED baby stage although didn't sleep more than 2 hours at a time for years - just coming through the threenager years which has been brutal but I would say 0-3 is my favourite age group

I have two adult and a 13 year old DS and this was true of all of them.

Toddler years. It’s like they’re actively trying to harm themselves every second of the day and it’s exhausting at that age. Pure mental tiredness.

Not an age but a type.
I don’t like the type of kids who think they are the only one that matters and have no concept of other people’s feelings and no consideration for others.

I have two children. Oldest has got easier and easier as time's gone on. He's early teens now and really good fun. The youngest is 7 and she has me scratching my head all the time. I have to work hard to stay regulated and to think about what her behaviour is communicating. Mind you, I'm perimenopausal so there's that in the mix too. Never a dull day! 😆

I would say 8ish to 10ish. Probably year 4 until half way into year 7.

Oldest is 13 and really enjoyable.

Loved the toddler years.

I disliked under 6. The older she got, the better.

Toddlers and tween girls are awful, though I expect she’s going to be a hard teen too. Teen age boy is fine currently. 1.5-3 is horrid and so is 8-12. Actually not sure why we do it.

Newborns are a bit dull. I’ve enjoyed every stage but currently really loving teens. 13yo dtds and 16 yo dd