Fanfic genre based on the idea of giving one or more characters a child to raise. This is a common device for promoting a favored {{shipping}} (often [[SlashFic slash]]), by showing how well the favored pair act as parents together. Sometimes the resident badass will be given a child to [[AdaptationalWimp soften]] them (can be seen as somewhat related to MoralityPet) before pairing them with {{the hero}}.

In some cases the child may be another canon character, [[FountainOfYouth de-aged in some manner]]. In other cases, it can be the instantiation of an IntercontinuityCrossover, with a child imported from another story or series.

When one or more males are involved in the process, [[MisterSeahorse mpreg]] is always a possibility.

If the author is particularly unoriginal, PatchworkKids or GenderEqualsBreed may ensue.

If this is canonical, it may be a ParentsForADay situation. Heavily overlaps with FanCreatedOffspring.

Add a few years, and you may have a SpinOffspring.

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!!Examples
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[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
* ''The Lucky Ones'', an Inuyasha fanfiction by Terri Bota, is one of the most well-known.
* ''Manga/DeathNote'':
** ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4760868/1/I_Wont_Say I Won't Say]]'' revolves around [[FoeYayShipping L and Light]] raising Mello, Matt, and Near.
** [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5354880/1/Shadow_of_the_Valley Here's]] a Manga/DeathNote one that is [[DarkerAndEdgier closer to the tone]] [[SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism of the original story.]]
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13646760/35/The-NEW-151-Pokeshipping-Stories 25 Years Later]]'' is a story starting 25 years since the day that Ash and Misty first met one another, and has them having a daughter together.
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[[folder:Comics]]
* ''[[http://kijikun.livejournal.com/760523.html?mode=reply All That Remains]]'' in which [[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark]] takes in the female clone of ComicBook/CaptainAmerica after the Marvel ComicBook/CivilWar2006.
* ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6440045/1/Ice_Cream Ice Cream]] Ice Cream'' by Ash Ai is a series of one shots that has [[ComicBook/IronMan Tony and Pepper]] raising their their little kid, Jared.
* The appropriately named fic, [[http://kpendragon.deviantart.com/art/Xmen-Sabertooth-Mpreg-Fic-pt1-131828340 Xmen: Sabertooth Mpreg]], is one of the rare kid fics that [[Administrivia/TropesAreFlexible isn’t]] warm and fuzzy.
* ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'':
** ''Calvin & Hobbes'' has lots of fics where an older Calvin has a son and/or daughter, often with Susie Derkins.
** In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11552667/1/Frankie-and-Hobbes Frankie and Hobbes]]'', they have a daughter in first grade called Frankie who HatesBaths and is a prankster.
** In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12397895/1/JT-and-Hobbes JT and Hobbes]]'', Calvin is dead but they have a son named JT.
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[[folder:Crossovers]]
* Many fans of the ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' franchise have been known to write fics where Harry is taken from the Dursleys and raised by a character from another franchise, who is almost always portrayed as a better parent than his relatives. These writers will sometimes dial up the abuse Harry suffered as a means of making the new character raise him more justified. Fics that do this include ''Fanfic/IfWishesWerePonies'' (where Harry is adopted by Twilight Sparkle), ''Fanfic/HarryTano'' (Harry becomes the adopted son/Padawan of Ahsoka Tano). Canon Wizarding World characters will often comment on how Harry is [[HappilyAdopted happier/healthier with his adopted parent]] than if he'd been left at the Dursleys.
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[[folder:Film -- Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Bolt}}'': Subverted in "The Kippies" from the series ''Fanfic/TheBoltChronicles''. The initial section of the story suggests Bolt and Mittens have produced hybrid PatchworkKids that are part canine and part feline. It's revealed later that this is all a daydream conjured up by Mittens, who is unhappy that she'll never have offspring with Bolt or otherwise.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'':
** ''Fanfic/BecomingFree'' has a sequel called ''Becoming Family'' where Elsa and her lover Freya adopt an orphaned girl.
** The oneshot ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9899819/1/Love-Will-Thaw Love Will Thaw]]'' revolves around Elsa being too scared to hold her nephew.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'':
** The ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'' fanfic ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/8029630/chapters/18386683 The Violet Diaries]]'' is about Nick and Judy having a bunnyfox kit named Violet.
** In ''Fanfic/TakeAStand'' [[WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}} Nick Wilde]] discovers that he has a six-year-old daughter named Luna with one of his ex-girlfriends. Which complicates his relationship with [[FanPreferredCouple Judy]] somewhat.
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[[folder:Film -- Live Action]]
* ''Film/StarTrek2009'':
** [[http://captanddeastar.livejournal.com/9048.html So Wise We Grow]] is a [[SlashFic Kirk/Spock]] ''Film/StarTrek2009'' story in which the Vulcan Council locates Spock's son among the surviving Vulcans. Which would be great, except Spock's never heard of the kid before in his life.
** Another ''Film/StarTrek2009'' is the [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6178161/1/Trust Trust]] [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6210015/1/Beginnings ser]][[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6190650/1/Stirrings_of_Hope ies]]; in which [[SlashFic prior to his marriage to Spock]], SufficientlyAdvancedAliens force Kirk to address his deep-seated trust issues by regressing into a [[AbusiveParents troubled childhood]]. It's up to Spock and Kirk's elder brother Sam to help him get back to normal. Handles the subject matter more tastefully than one would expect, and includes social commentary on the [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries TOS-canon]] Federation's system of term-marriages.
** Fanfiction.net has a ''Film/StarTrek2009'' [[http://www.fanfiction.net/community/Star_Kids/76699/99/0/1/ community]] dedicated to archiving de-aged fics, fic about the crew's childhoods, and childhood AUs. Mostly de-aged fic.
** Yet another ''Film/StarTrek2009'' example: ''[[http://ksarchive.com/viewseries.php?seriesid=110 The DVAS]]'' series. The full-length story [[SlashFic focuses more on how the]] [[InSeriesNickname Deadly Vulcan Assassination Squad]] [[MisterSeahorse came to exist in the first place]], but the side-stories are ridiculously adorable little tales featuring Jim, Spock, and the titular Squad - [[TheSpock Selik]] the AdorablyPrecociousChild, [[TheKirk T'Pralena]] the [[TheLeader starship captain in training]], and [[TheMcCoy T'Lalia]] the InnocentProdigy.
* [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10087332/1/Youngling Youngling]], a Franchise/StarWars fanfic involving Anakin being de-aged to a three-year-old. Slightly more unusual in that Anakin remembers everyone and everything perfectly, but still has the mindset and emotional capability and the mindset of a (slightly-advanced) toddler.
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[[folder:Literature]]
* ''Literature/HarryPotter'':
** Laume [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/871958/Laume (on fanfiction.net)]] has written several kidfics for ''Literature/HarryPotter'', including:
*** ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4457149/1/Last_Chance Last Chance]]'', in which a slightly more sensitive Dumbledore ends up raising the young Tom Riddle, and
*** ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4666746/1/Four_and_counting Four and Counting]]'', in which a potions mishap reduces Severus Snape to age four, several years after Voldemort's defeat.
** A very well-written example would be ''FanFic/StealingHarry'' by Sam The Story Teller ([[http://www.fictionalley.org/authors/samvimes/SH.html link]]), which starts with Harry being raised by first the Dursleys and then Remus and Sirius (who open a bookshop near the Dursleys' house to keep a watch on him, then kidnap him after discovering he was being abused).
** [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4875631/1/Baby_Project This]] Literature/HarryPotter fanfiction, called ''Baby Project,'' is an example.
** Also [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2714199/1/Future_Parents_Program this]] classic Dramione fic, ''Future Parents Program''.
** [[http://hpfandom.net/eff/viewstory.php?sid=3397 Malfoy Child]], is a classic Drarry fic in which Draco is de-aged and put into Harry's care.
** [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1515678/1/bBirthday_b_bSurprises_b This one]] takes quit long until the parents are revealed.
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[[folder:Live Action TV]]
* In the ''Series/{{Leverage}}'' fandom on livejournal there's a somewhat common trend of de-aging the team's badass bruiser Eliot to be a small child and then sticking him under Nate's care.
* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'':
** Blessed Is His Child, a Series/{{Supernatural}} kidfic, of all things that manages to be hilarious and heartbreaking within the space of a chapter! (pairings Dean/Cas, Sam/Gabriel and Crowley/Anna, as well as various OC pairings). [[http://community.livejournal.com/ameonna1_writes/5344.html Here's part one]], which links to the rest. Be warned, it's unfinished and may well be abandoned. [[http://community.livejournal.com/ameonna1_writes/4760.html And here's the prologue.]] If you read it, you'll be on the same page as the angels; if you don't, you'll be on the same page as the Winchesters.
** Another Series/{{Supernatural}} Kidfic series: [[http://archiveofourown.org/series/312 The Adventures of John Gabriel Winchester, The Messiah.]] about Dean and Castiel's son. The pairings are Dean/Cas and Sam/Ruby.
** This plot actually occurred in canon in seasons 13-15 when Castiel and the Winchesters adopted the antichrist Jack. Since Jack had a PlotRelevantAgeUp to become a teenager right after his birth, though, there are several fics that have him stay an infant or get de-aged to one to better fit this trope.
* There are a LOT of Series/{{House}} finding out he has a daughter to the point of the fans getting annoyed at them.
* ''Series/Numb3rs'':
** One story, ''Fanfic/{{Nixie}}'', has Don discovering he has a young daughter with a dangerous woman who is being charged with trafficking.
** In a series known as ''Watson'', Colby has a daughter named Nena that he raises with Charlie.
** There also numerous fics that have Don and Charlie as kids.
* ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'':
** [[http://sherlockbbc-fic.livejournal.com/2262.html?thread=3677398#t3677398 The Lizzyverse]], a ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'' series, is about Sherlock and John's adopted daughter Elizabeth. It starts out with how they go about scaring off her boyfriends, and skips all over the age range after that.
** [[http://community.livejournal.com/multiplegrooves/12226.html Getting Better]] is an AU in which both Sherlock and John are single parents, centred around the growing friendship between their children, Emily and Tristram.
** In [[http://sherlockbbc-fic.livejournal.com/4076.html?thread=10029548 this]] drabble, Sherlock's abused son shows up on their doorstep. No pairings.
** Another novel-length Sherlock kidfic is [[http://archiveofourown.org/series/24153 the Cinnamon 'verse]], in which Sherlock has been raising his adopted daughter Imogen since before John moved in.
* [[http://www.mulderscreek.com/nurseryfiles.html The Nursery Files]] is an entire website dedicated to ''Series/TheXFiles'' kidfics from various couples in various categories.
%% * A few writers in the ''Series/{{iCarly}}'' fandom write nothing but this.
* ''Series/WhiteCollar'' gets two with a de-aged Neal for Peter and Elizabeth to raise: [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6463628/1/A_Smaller_Con One]] with him as a teenager and [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6496300/1/Lost_Boy another]] with him as a toddler.
* There is a whole website dedicated to ''Series/StargateSG1'' and ''Series/StargateAtlantis'' kidfic, mostly of the deaged!character type: [[http://www.littleverse.com The Littleverse]].
* Many ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' fanfics feature a character, usually Faith or Dawn, being de-aged and cared for by the other Scoobies.
* The ''Series/GoodOmens2019'' fic ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/20467451/chapters/48565136 Getting a Wiggle On]]'' takes the CrackFic premise of "Crowley tries to prank Aziraphale by giving him fake snake eggs to take care of but Aziraphale's [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve complete belief that they're real]] causes him to subconsciously miracle them into actually hatching, resulting in five snake babies resembling both him and Crowley" and makes it surprisingly sweet and adorable. It became popular enough that [[https://archiveofourown.org/collections/Wiggleverse several other authors]] have written RecursiveFanfiction about the continued adventures of Crowley, Aziraphale, and their new snake children.
** There are also several ''Good Omens'' fics, like ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/20859263/chapters/49582775 And the Antichrist Makes Three]]'', that have Aziraphale and Crowley decide that instead of letting the Antichrist get adopted by a human family, they should raise him themselves as their own son so that they're in a better position to convince him to ''not'' end the world when he comes of age.
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* The ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' fanfic ''Fanfic/SomethingNew'' is about Scout and Miss Pauling having a little girl named Alice.
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[[folder:Web Animation]]
* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'':
** The fic ''Fanfic/{{Snowflake}}'' is about Yang and Weiss' 5-year old daughter Snowflake.
** ''Fanfic/FlamesShade'' is a fic where Raven is killed but her newborn daughter Ace survives. While on a mission, Ruby coincidentally comes across her half-Faunus sister and decides to [[PromotionToParent raise her]], mainly alongside Blake.
** ''Fanfic/LittleBird'' is about Qrow's daughter Robin as she grows up into a huntress.
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[[folder:WebComics]]
* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'': [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/33150280 "Mommy Bear"]], by Laparoscopic, which is about Grace and Sarah's kids and what happens when someone decides to threaten their family. Spoiler alert: [[MamaBear it doesn't go well for them.]]
* There are a few ''{{Webcomic/Homestuck}}'' fanfics based on this, such as [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/143093/chapters/204981 "Cold Grublings"]]. Made very convenient by the setting's local AppliedPhlebotinum - "ectobiology", which allows an instant creation of a child which is a genetic mix of any two persons from anywhere and anytime (regardless of gender or age), without the need for actual physical contact. The universe introduced in Act 6 created a lot of these, as it had the four human heroes switching places with their ectobiological parents. [[spoiler:The GrandFinale depicting several grubs and kids being ectobiologically born on Earth C and Literature/TheHomestuckEpilogues (which is partly a parody of common fanfic tropes) introducing some semi-canon teen offspring of the kids didn't hurt either.]]
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* ''FanFic/ThundercrackersGlory'' by Kenya Starflight is a ''Franchise/TransformersGeneration1'' fic in which Thundercracker finds himself caretaker to his [[RoboFamily orphaned niece]] after his co-creation (sister) is killed. [[HilarityEnsues Shenanigans ensue]].
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
** ''FanFic/PastSins'' with Twilight Sparkle as a mother.
** It's [[FandomSpecificPlot a really common plot concept]] to make Derpy Hooves a mother to Dinky Doo, a filly who somewhat resembles Derpy and is accepted as her daughter in {{fanon}} (though they've only been seen together in a few semi-official merch items). It usually shows how Derpy's ambiguous disorder affects her role as a mother. Amethyst Star is sometimes included as Dinky's older sister because she and Dinky participated together in the Sisterhooves Social.
** ''Fanfic/AdoptedDisplaced'' is the IntercontinuityCrossover variety of this trope, seeing ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'''s Mane Six and others de-aged to babies and then sent to alternate universes to be raised by different parents.
* Oddly popular in the ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'' fandom for a while, usually involving [[ForTheLulz Klarion]] turning someone(s) younger and forcing someone else to take care of him/her. (Alternatively, in a lot of fics Klarion turned people into cute animals for the same purpose.)
* ''Fanfic/BetterOffNotKnowing'' is a sort of {{inversion}} of the concept, in which the biological daughter of [[spoiler:[[UnholyMatrimony two canon antagonists]]]] is HappilyAdopted by characters with no connection to the main plot.
* ''Fanfic/{{Parthenogenesis}}'' is a ''Where On Earth is Carmen Sandiego?'' fanfic from the POV of a now-retired Carmen's daughter, Marguerite. However, Carmen is a single mother and the identity of Maggie's father is never revealed to the reader.
* The ''Fanfic/MoreThanMyFriend'' fanfic series is a ''Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends'' AU where Frankie adopts Mac after his family dies in an accident.
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[[folder:Other]]
* Kijikun [[http://kijikun.livejournal.com (on livejournal)]] has written several kidfics for ''WesternAnimation/BikerMiceFromMars, Franchise/TheIncredibles, Franchise/{{Highlander}}, Series/{{Due South}},'' and ''ComicBook/IronMan[=/=]ComicBook/CaptainAmerica''.
** ''[[http://kijikun.deviantart.com/art/The-Redemption-Clause-chp-1-70995344 The Redemption Clause]]'' which follows the growing relationship between Buddy Pine and a adult Violet Parr, partly centered on Buddy Pine's adopted daughter.
* ''Fanfic/HarryPotterAndTheInvincibleTechnomage'': A crossover one by Clell 65619 in which Tony Stark (and by extension, many of the premiere superheroes of the Marvel Universe) raises a young Harry Potter.
* The ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2578044/1/Son_of_Mine Son]] [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3254772/1/The_Birth_of_Guyver_V of]] [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4946569/1/Meeting_Places Mine]]'' series on FanFiction.Net takes places in the ''Manga/{{Guyver}}'' universe, and gives Masaki Murakami a son.
* Common in VideoGame/{{Touhou}} {{doujin}}s. Some of the more notable ones include ''Webcomic/LifeOfMaid'' and [[http://danbooru.donmai.us/pool/show/1368 Mamange]] (Website/{{Danbooru}} [[NotSafeForWork warning]]) as well as quite a few others.
* [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7757812/1/Marie-is-coming Marie is Coming]] is a story about Isabella's pregnancy with Marie Flynn.
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