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.
Compare Tiny Tropes. See also Children's Show Tropes.
Characters:
Subcategories:
- Abandoned War Child
- Adorably Precocious Child
- Annoying Younger Sibling
- The Artful Dodger
- The Baby of the Bunch
- Babysitter from Hell
- Baker Street Regular
- Before My Time
- Blanket Fort
- A Boy, a Girl, and a Baby Family
- Bratty Half-Pint
- Bratty Teenage Daughter
- The Bully
- Bully and Wimp Pairing
- The Cabin Boy
- Censored Child Death
- Changeling Fantasy
- Changeling Tale
- Cheerful Child
- Childhood Friend Romance
- Child Mage
- Child of Forbidden Love
- Child Popstar
- Child Prodigy
- Cinderella Circumstances
- A Child Shall Lead Them
- Child Soldiers
- Children Forced to Kill
- Chuunibyou
- Circus Brat
- Class Clown
- Constantly Curious
- Cousin Oliver
- Creepy Child
- Crying Little Kid
- Curious as a Monkey
- Cute Bruiser
- Cute Witch
- Dead Guy Junior
- Death of a Child
- Deliberately Cute Child
- Determined Homesteader's Children
- Dirty Kid
- Doorstop Baby
- Double Standard: Violence, Child on Adult
- Dumbass Teenage Son
- Emo Teen
- Enfant Terrible
- Evil Orphan
- Father, I Want to Marry My Brother
- Fille Fatale
- Foster Kid
- Free-Range Children
- Friend to All Children
- Girlish Pigtails
- Goo Goo Godlike
- Grade-School C.E.O.
- Heartwarming Orphan
- Homeschooled Kids
- Hotel Hellion
- Hot for Teacher
- Innocent Inaccurate
- Innocent Prodigy
- Invasion of the Baby Snatchers
- Immortality Begins at 20
- Kawaiiko
- Kid-anova
- Kid-Appeal Character
- Kid Detective
- Kids Driving Cars
- Kid from the Future
- Kid Hero
- Kiddie Kid
- Kid Samurai
- Kids Are Cruel
- Kids Hate Grownups' Conversations
- Kid Sidekick
- Kids Prefer Boxes
- Kids Shouldn't Watch Horror Films
- Kid with the Leash
- The Kid with the Remote Control
- Kung-Fu Kid
- 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
- Menace Decay
- Military Brat
- Minor with Fake ID
- Miss Conception
- Missing Child
- Mouthy Kid
- Mr. Imagination
- Never Grew Up
- The Nicknamer
- Ninja Brat
- Not Growing Up Sucks
- Ode to Youth
- Pint-Sized Kid
- Platonic Boy/Girl Heroes
- Plucky Girl
- Plucky Middie
- Preacher's Kid
- Precocious Crush
- Psychic Children
- Really 700 Years Old
- Robot Kid
- The Runaway
- Self-Made Orphan
- Snooping Little Kid
- Spoiled Brat
- Staring Kid
- Street Urchin
- Superior Successor
- Teen Genius
- Teen Superspy
- Token Mini-Moe
- Tiny Tyrannical Girl
- TV Teen
- Tyke Bomb
- Unto Us a Son and Daughter Are Born
- Wild Child
- Wise Beyond Their Years
- Wonder Child
- Young Conqueror
- Young Entrepreneur
- Young Gun
Devices:
- Age-Appropriate Angst
- Babies Ever After
- Babies Make Everything Better
- Babysitting Episode
- Bad Liar
- Badly Battered Babysitter
- Best Years of Your Life
- Brats with Slingshots
- Cannot Tell a Lie
- Childish Tooth Gap
- Childless Dystopia
- Children Are Innocent
- Children Are Special
- Coming-of-Age Story
- Cowboys and Indians (and variants)
- Dating What Daddy Hates
- Dawson Casting (sort of)
- First Snow
- Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling
- Fountain of Youth
- For Your Own Good
- From the Mouths of Babes
- Growing Up Sucks
- Harmful to Minors
- Hide Your Children
- Hilariously Abusive Childhood
- Imaginary Friend
- Improbable Infant Survival
- Innocence Lost
- Is That Cute Kid Yours?
- Just a Kid
- Juvenile Hell
- Kid Has a Point
- Kids Prefer Boxes
- Little Brother Is Watching
- Little Professor Dialog
- Little Stowaway
- A Minor Kidroduction
- Minor Living Alone
- Most Definitely Not Accompanying Us
- Most Writers Are Adults
- Never Land
- No Blood Ties
- Not Allowed to Grow Up
- "Not Important to This Episode" Camp
- One Last Field Trip
- Only Fatal to Adults
- Overnight Age-Up
- Parents for a Day
- Playing Doctor
- Playing House
- Plot-Relevant Age-Up
- Precocious Crush
- Princess Phase
- Protected by a Child
- Pubescent Braces
- Puppy Love
- Really 17 Years Old
- Recruit Teenagers with Attitude
- Scare Dare
- Security Blanket
- Shoe Shine, Mister?
- Sibling Yin-Yang
- Skip of Innocence
- Sneaking Snacks
- 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
- Three-Month-Old Newborn
- Totally Radical
- Toy Ship
- Tragic Stillbirth
- Treehouse of Fun
- Troubled Child
- Troubling Unchildlike Behavior
- Unbalanced by Rival's Kid
- Weapon Jr.
- Water Guns and Balloons
- Wild Teen Party
- Would Hurt a Child
- Wouldn't Hurt a Child
- You Meddling Kids
- You Must Be This Tall to Ride
- Youth Is Wasted on the Dumb
- Youthful Freckles
