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What age do children stop being adorable?

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blebbleb · 15/10/2022 11:16

Just wondering really. My son is only 2 and I just find him so adorable. What age do they stop being so cute?

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Needsomeadvice33 · 23/10/2022 16:23

Lol im sorry but this thread is filled with delusional women.
I'll give you an unbiased answer. I have many nephews and friends with children and find them all very cute. Honestly though, none of them have an ounce of cuteness left beyond the age of 4 (and it rapidly declines from age 3). After this they all tend to have that ugly look, crappy behaviour setting in and often tend to smell like sh*t, as for some reason they do nothing but fart. From 4 onwards they are just pretty disgusting.
Love babies and toddlers though.
These women saying their kids and teens are adorable are truely living in lala land.

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blebbleb · 23/10/2022 16:30

Needsomeadvice33 · 23/10/2022 16:23

Lol im sorry but this thread is filled with delusional women.
I'll give you an unbiased answer. I have many nephews and friends with children and find them all very cute. Honestly though, none of them have an ounce of cuteness left beyond the age of 4 (and it rapidly declines from age 3). After this they all tend to have that ugly look, crappy behaviour setting in and often tend to smell like sh*t, as for some reason they do nothing but fart. From 4 onwards they are just pretty disgusting.
Love babies and toddlers though.
These women saying their kids and teens are adorable are truely living in lala land.

Fair enough they aren't as cute past 4 but I don't think most kids are ugly and stink then Confused

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Needsomeadvice33 · 23/10/2022 16:37

@blebbleb
They have no inhibitions and tend to just fart wherever they want, often right beside you. I find most of them do this (often they find it funny) and it's truely disgusting. I work in healthcare and more often than not they do it in consultations too so it just seems to be something most of them do and I think their parents need to teach them it's not socialably acceptable. They all have that long gangly look from 4 onwards and loose their baby face, teeth also distract from that cute baby look. Often they are covered in food and or snot. Lots of them drool excessively. They pull food out their mouths. Honestly to people that aren't their parents, they are just pretty rotten from age 4/5.

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Pheefifofuckthisshit · 23/10/2022 16:40

Good question.

When they stink of B.O.?
When you know they're "enjoying private alone time"?
When their beard tickles you when they give you a peck on the cheek?

Def at some point amongst those three above thinking about my eldest. 😳🫤

I'm still very fond of him but wouldn't describe him as adorable! I still have a younger child who is still firmly in the cute and adorable stage and long may it last.

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blebbleb · 23/10/2022 16:51

Needsomeadvice33 · 23/10/2022 16:37

@blebbleb
They have no inhibitions and tend to just fart wherever they want, often right beside you. I find most of them do this (often they find it funny) and it's truely disgusting. I work in healthcare and more often than not they do it in consultations too so it just seems to be something most of them do and I think their parents need to teach them it's not socialably acceptable. They all have that long gangly look from 4 onwards and loose their baby face, teeth also distract from that cute baby look. Often they are covered in food and or snot. Lots of them drool excessively. They pull food out their mouths. Honestly to people that aren't their parents, they are just pretty rotten from age 4/5.

That's more down to crappy parenting than anything else!

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OnGoldenPond · 23/10/2022 17:52

Never! My DS is still cute even though he is 20 and 6ft 2! Grin

SomethingNastyInTheBallPool · 23/10/2022 18:57

My 8-year-old is still insanely cute. People who aren’t her parents tell me so.

Chickenpeppers · 23/10/2022 19:03

My son is 4 but still pretty damn adorable

RogersOrganismicProcess · 23/10/2022 19:16

There was a reference on a thread like this for a study which found 4.5 yrs to be when children stop being seen as ‘cute’.

However all of mine are above that age now, and the love for them keeps growing. I marvel at them continuously, despite hairy chiselled jaws, and size 12 feet!

PurplePixies · 23/10/2022 19:54

Watching my adult son cuddling his baby daughter is unbelievably cute. 🥰

Movingtomorrow · 26/10/2022 20:32

Mine are mid 30s and still cute. I don't tell them they are though.

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