He will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers.
— Malachi 4:6
Tropes that deal with one's children.
Note that tropes about young people without reference to parents/offspring go under Youngsters. If it's about mothers and fathers it's The Parent Trope.
Tropes:
- Abusive Offspring: A child abuses their own parent.
- Antagonistic Offspring: The parent's child is the archnemesis.
- Babies Make Everything Better: Couples agree that their children improve their lives.
- Bastard Bastard
- Bratty Teenage Daughter: Your teenage daughter is whiny and self-centered.
- Child by Rape: A child is conceived via rape.
- Daddy's Girl: Daughter admires her father and vice versa.
- Daddy's Little Villain: A villainous father's daughter.
- Dead Guy Junior: Child is named after a decedent.
- Dumbass Teenage Son: Absent-minded, inarticulate teenage son.
- The Dutiful Son: The child who dedicates themselves to taking care of their family while their prodigal sibling runs off.
- Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas: For all their evilness, the bad guy loves his mother.
- Extremely Protective Child: A child—who can be an actual child or an adult child—who is committed to their parents' wellbeing and will be badass to do it, a la Mama Bear or Papa Wolf.
- Family Relationship Switcheroo: A lie about a family relationship is revealed.
- Fan-Created Offspring: Giving canon characters kids in fanworks.
- Follow in My Footsteps: Parents want what's best for their children and so they are forced into their shoes.
- Hates Their Parent: Child hates at least one of their parents.
- Heroic Bastard
- I Am Not My Father: Child chooses not to make the same mistakes as their parents.
- I Am X, Son of Y: Boastful attitude about your status as a Momma's Boy or Daddy's Girl.
- I Have No Son!: A parent disowns their child.
- Inbred and Evil: A villainous child of inbreeding.
- Kid from the Future: Child travels back in time and meets their parents before they were born.
- Let's Have Another Baby: Couples feel so blessed with their first child that they want to have another.
- Like a Son to Me: A character tells another that they're like the child they've never had.
- Mad Scientist's Beautiful Daughter: The Mad Scientist has an innocent teenage daughter.
- Maternal Impression: Non-genetic traits imparted to a child by circumstances during conception or pregnancy.
- Momma's Boy: Son adores his mother and vice versa.
- "Near and Dear" Baby Naming: Child is named after a living loved one.
- One-Night-Stand Pregnancy: A short fling that leads to a pregnancy.
- Our Phlebotinum Child: An artificial being brought into existence through fantastic means and The Power of Love.
- Overlord Jr.: The next generation's Evil Overlord.
- Parental Fashion Veto: Parents object to their child's fashion choice.
- Parent-Child Team: Parents and children team up to rebel against a cause.
- Playboy Has a Daughter: Someone who used to be The Casanova is now raising a daughter.
- Preacher's Kid: The child of a pastor who is either a sweet angel or an immoral devil.
- Random Species Offspring: A couple's offspring has a species way different from their parents' species.
- Royal Bastard: A child born out of wedlock whose parent(s) are of royal/noble birth.
- Single Sex Offspring: A family produces exclusively (or nearly so) boys or girls but not both.
- Small Parent, Huge Child: A child is bigger than their parent(s).
- Someone to Remember Him By: A dead man's widow or bereaved girlfriend ends up giving birth to his child.
- Son of a Whore: The child of a prostitute.
- Spin-Offspring: A work of fiction gets a sequel or spinoff focusing on the children of the original characters.
- Spoiled Brat: Parents have children who are spoiled.
- Strict Parents Make Sneaky Kids: Strict parents result in mischievous children.
- That Thing Is Not My Child!: A character refuses to consider a clone or artificially created person made from their DNA to be their child.
- Trophy Child: A child who is treated as a status symbol by their parents more so than a person.
- Turn Out Like His Father: A character ends up becoming like their parent.
- The Ugly Guy's Hot Daughter: An unattractive man has a beautiful daughter.
- Wanted a Gender-Conforming Child: Parents take issue with their son or daughter not conforming to traditional gender stereotypes.
- Wanted a Son Instead: Displeased with their newborn daughter; wanted a son.
- Weapon Jr.: Children have kid-friendly versions of adult weapons.
- Youngest Child Wins: The youngest sibling has the best luck in life.
