Are we talking about children as in not adults? Or are we talking about children as in their relationship to us? I.e., once I have a child, that child is always my child, no matter how old any of us are. I was assuming that it was the former, but many people are answering as if it is the latter.
I was going to say that my oldest is 14, so I don’t yet know what my favorite age is. All I can do is rule out anything under… maybe the age of six or seven. I have been enjoying them more now that they can think about more sophisticated ideas. Dinner time is so much more fun now. And everyone often lingers after the meal is over because we’re having fun.
If childhood ends at age sixteen or eighteen or twenty-one…. I have a feeling I’ll enjoy the older ages better. I just like it when they are doing things and they can talk about that, and we don’t have to be responsible for taking care of everything.