Youngsters

"The Master said, "Respect the young. How do you know that they will not one day be all that you are now?"

- Confucius, Analects

''Entries concerning children and teenagers. See Elders for the opposite.''

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Subcategories:
 * Babies Babies Everywhere
 * Rich Kids

Characters:

 * Adorably Precocious Child
 * Annoying Younger Sibling
 * The Artful Dodger
 * Babysitter From Hell
 * Baker Street Regular
 * Before My Time
 * A Boy a Girl And A Baby Family
 * Bratty Half Pint
 * Bratty Teenage Daughter
 * The Bully
 * Bully and Wimp Pairing
 * Changeling Fantasy
 * Changeling Tale
 * Cheerful Child
 * Childhood Friend Romance
 * Child Mage
 * Child Prodigy
 * Cinderella Circumstances
 * A Child Shall Lead Them
 * Child Soldiers
 * Children Forced to Kill
 * Circus Brat
 * Class Clown
 * Constantly Curious
 * Cousin Oliver
 * Creepy Child
 * Crying Little Kid
 * Curious As a Monkey
 * Cute Bruiser
 * Dead Guy Junior
 * Deliberately Cute Child
 * Determined Homesteaders Children
 * Dirty Kid
 * Door Stop Baby
 * Emo Teen
 * Enfant Terrible
 * Evil Orphan
 * Fille Fatale
 * Foster Kid
 * Free Range Children
 * Girlish Pigtails
 * Goo Goo Godlike
 * Grade School CEO
 * Heartwarming Orphan
 * Homeschooled Kids
 * Hotel Hellion
 * Innocent Inaccurate
 * Innocent Prodigy
 * Invasion of the Baby Snatchers
 * Immortality Begins At Twenty
 * Kawaiiko
 * Kidanova
 * Kid Appeal Character
 * Kid Detective
 * Kid From the Future
 * Kid Hero
 * Kiddie Kid
 * Kid Samurai
 * Kids Are Cruel
 * Kid Sidekick
 * Kids Prefer Boxes
 * Kids Shouldn't Watch Horror Films
 * Kid With the Leash
 * The Kid With the Remote Control
 * Kung Fu Kid
 * Legal Jailbait
 * Little Boy Seeks Big Girl
 * Little Jimmy
 * Little Miss Almighty
 * Little Miss Badass
 * Little Miss Con Artist
 * Little Miss Snarker
 * Little Sister Heroine
 * Littlest Cancer Patient
 * Lonely Doll Girl
 * Lonely Rich Kid
 * Mouthy Kid
 * Military Brat
 * Miss Conception
 * Mr. Imagination
 * Never Grew Up
 * The Nicknamer
 * Ninja Brat
 * Not Growing Up Sucks
 * Not Allowed to Grow Up
 * Pint Sized Kid
 * Plucky Girl
 * Plucky Middie
 * Preachers Kid
 * Psychic Children
 * Really Seven Hundred Years Old
 * Robot Kid
 * The Runaway
 * Snooping Little Kid
 * Spoiled Brat
 * Royal Brat
 * Staring Kid
 * Street Urchin
 * Teen Genius
 * Teen Superspy
 * Token Mini Moe
 * Tiny Tyrannical Girl
 * TV Teen
 * Unto Us a Son And Daughter Are Born
 * Wild Child
 * Wise Beyond Their Years
 * Wonder Child
 * Young Entrepreneur
 * Young Gun

Devices:

 * Age Appropriate Angst
 * Babies Ever After
 * Babies Make Everything Better
 * Bad Liar
 * Badly Battered Babysitter
 * Best Years of Your Life
 * Brats With Slingshots
 * Can Not Tell a Lie
 * Childless Dystopia
 * Children Are Innocent
 * Coming of Age Story
 * Cowboys and Indians (and variants)
 * Dating What Daddy Hates
 * Dawson Casting (sort of)
 * Three Month Old Newborn
 * Fountain of Youth
 * First Snow
 * For Your Own Good
 * Growing Up Sucks
 * Harmful to Minors
 * Hide Your Children
 * Imaginary Friend
 * Infant Immortality
 * Innocence Lost
 * Is That Cute Kid Yours
 * Just a Kid
 * Kid Has a Point
 * Kids Prefer Boxes
 * Little Professor Dialog
 * Little Stowaway
 * Most Writers Are Adults
 * Never Land
 * No Blood Ties
 * Not Allowed to Grow Up
 * Not Important to This Episode Camp
 * Only Fatal to Adults
 * Overnight Age Up
 * Playing Doctor
 * Playing House
 * Plot Relevant Age Up
 * Precocious Crush
 * Princess Phase
 * Protected By a Child
 * Puppy Love
 * Really Seventeen Years Old
 * Recruit Teenagers With Attitude
 * Scare Dare
 * Security Blanket
 * Sibling Yin Yang
 * Skip of Innocence
 * Soap Opera Rapid Aging Syndrome
 * Staying With Friends
 * Super Strong Child
 * Tagalong Kid
 * Teenage Wasteland
 * Teens Are Monsters
 * Teens Are Short
 * Tell Me About My Father
 * Totally Radical
 * Toy Ship
 * Treehouse of Fun
 * Troubled Child
 * Troubling Unchildlike Behavior
 * From the Mouths of Babes
 * Unbalanced By Rivals Kid
 * Weapon Jr
 * Water Guns and Balloons
 * Wild Teen Party
 * You Meddling Kids
 * Youth Is Wasted On the Dumb
 * Youthful Freckles