7 year olds!

[freespirit333]

What are your 7 year olds like? Boys or girls!

Why?

Unpredictable

Mine is feisty, demanding and rules the house! He's the youngest of three so is the baby of the family. We all love him to bits but he has definitely been the hardest work of the 3!

@NuffSaidSam because I have no idea what’s normal and what’s not, what is probably acceptable for a 7 year old and what’s not!

Mine can be so kind, mature and so reasonable. But he is often (several times a day) over the top silly, deliberately irritating, hyperactive. He hates being told off but doesn’t cry, sometimes he’s remorseful and says sorry, sometimes he gets really angry and answers back. Should a 7 year old even be answering back?!

I have a 7 year old. Sounds just like her. I think it does depend on their personality, as dd1 was nothing like this!

Mine is almost 7... he's lovely but yes he answers back..he has his own views and opinions and wants to voice them! He's not trying to be deliberately obtuse!

He can be silly but he's still only little! 7 is still really young-he's a child!

Sounds like 7. I struggle with silly and 6-9 is a really fucking irritating age.

I get told I’m a meanie for telling him off!

Yes irritating for sure, always pretend fighting/shooting too which I hate!

Hi All,
I have a 7 year old son and 11 year old daughter which unsurprisingly are both very different. My concern is my son who absolutely loves technology … especially the iPad. We have set screen time restrictions now on iPad use because we noticed a change in his mood after he had been using it. He uses it about 1 hour a day Monday - Thursday and 2 hours a day on a Friday, Saturday & Sunday. He has started a football club once a week and we often go out so he is socialising with others. (Not just stuck in house all day).
My concern is when he is not on the iPad he’s either talking about the games he plays, acting out the games in his imaginary play or drawing about them!! Or if he’s not on iPad he wants to watch YouTube on the TV which we’ve allowed him to as long as it has no relevance to gaming. He likes to watch Hobby Kids and Ninja Kids. I just wondered if this type of behaviour is common?