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    Do child avatars mostly have a sense of humor or are they serious types? I can only speak for myself. It really depends on who I'm with and what is going on. I tend to be the most open and unfiltered with people I really trust. If I feel safe you're likely to see me either be very goofy and silly or feeling very big emotions. If you don't know me well then you're unlikely to see anything of the sort as my default is to squash emotions down - this is a form of disassociation. The mask comes down.
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    What are you looking for in your SL parents? 1. Motivation - that they actually want to have a SL kid and interact in a meaningful way. Sounds strange I know but I've known of many situations where kids have been adopted into families and then pretty much just treated as a fashion accessory. They're called kid hoarders in the community and we avoid those sorts of people like the plague. As for my own family, I've been with my mum and dad for 4 years. 2. Safety - both physically and emotionally. Are you going to do something stupid with adult animations in my vacinity and get me banned? Do you know where to put adult furniture in the home? Do you know how to be discreet and keep things private and only do adult things when I'm offline? Do you know how to dress appropriately for school meetings or dance class? If you're in a relationship with someone, is it a stable relationship? Are mum's and dad's going to be coming and going all the time? Are you going to check in and look after me? When you roleplay as a kid it's easy to slip into the mind set and this of course makes you more vulnerable. Me personally, I sometimes have 'flash backs,' when I get triggered by certain things. Thankfully my mum iand dad are very attuned to these moments now. They can usually tell just by me going quiet and know how to help, but yes safety is very important. Are you going to be my safety blanket and let me be me basically. 3. This links into point 1 but motivation alone is not the same as actually spending time with your kid. Are you going to roleplay with me? Are we going to do things together as a family? Do the connections feel genuine and meaningful?
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    Yes, similiar themes are explored in 1987's Near Dark where I beleive Homer is a vampire child.
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    Do some child avatars like to RP as the 'classic childhood careers?' Absolutely, the most popular are ones that you typically see in EMS RP sims. You can get little cute outfits for the police and fire fighters. I don't have any pictures because it was years ago now, but I remember we were on an EMS sim and I had a toy police car with a wagon on the back for putting 'prisoners,' in. So me and a friend played cops and robbers and I chucked them in the back and rode my electric car down to the real police station where the officers there just about pissed themselves with laughter at the sight. Once they'd calmed down, they told me, no, I could not send my friend to jail lol. This is one of the oufits I'm talking about:
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    Have you ever considered having an imaginary friend in Second Life? I've never had an imaginary friend, it kind of sounds fun! But I've definitely imposed imaginary personalities on my favourite teddies. For example, Mr Quack Quack has a real personality and sometimes I will emote as though I'm listening to Mr Quack Quack and tell everyone what he's saying etc. Mr Quack Quack is my duck teddy!
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    How is the clothing selection for child avies? It really depends on what child avatar you use. Avatars like Lullabeeb, Toddleedoo Baby, Bebe Baby etc tend to focus a lot on things like onesies and diapers which you would expect for that age range. Typically, girl clothing outnumbers and outsells boy clothing across the board with the exception of maybe Tweenster which seems to be more boy dominant. AVI(L) which is the same age range is the opposite and is 99% girls. In terms of fashions and styles, the most popular are modern clothing but you can find a lot of costume style outfits that can be reworked to pretty much anything. You tend to see more cartoony style gets ups for preteens and more grungy, rebellous looking outfits (skulls / goth) for teens. Is there a fantasy community within the child community? Yes, absolutely! Mischief Managed is probably the biggest and most popular and there are lots of Harry Potter style unifroms, robes and cloaks avaialble. Speaking of fantasy more broadly, there are some options for medieval and fantasy wear and where there isn't, a lot of kids will repurpose adult cloaks and accessories and make them work for their avis. I know some of the smaller cloaks for example will fit an older child avatar. Then there are things like Victorian getups like sailor suits etc. Any tiny little werewolves to keep an eye out for? 😄 I don't know of any werewolves but I've met a number of kids who were involved in the vampire community. These tended to be the more PG friendly sims where the more sexual aspects of vampirism was kept away from the kids. For the kids it was more about the mood, look and drinking blood, although even that wasn't very combat orientated as pretty much no sire / parent is going to let their vampire kid out where another vampire from a rival clan is going to kill them. The kids tended to drink blood from their parents.
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    what does a child avatar do for fun? Amusement parks and games are a lot of fun. I can think of loads off of the top of my head. Simon, Connect 4, Bubble Pop, Doodle board, laser tag, normal tag, Pacman, Greedy, etc. Often child avatars enjoy meeting up and doing silly dancers - What the Duck is probably one of the oldest and most well known along with Baby Shark do do. Summer camps are a big thing where you live on the sim and camp there for a week or so. You play games, make crafts with full perm packages etc and do lots of different activities. The biggest of these camps was RSC (Richmond Survival Camp) but sadly they stopped doing these a few years ago, although there are other places that still do camps. Bears are big! We kids like teddies and many of us (myself included) collect the ones that the Moles and Lindens make. No Linden is safe! Other forms of collecting include things like Breedables and the whole DFS farming system. Also, a lot of kids make content for the community whether it be clothing, furniture, toys, games, gestures etc. Starries and stores at Nuggets are some of the most popular. In some ways this is very similiar to what adult content creators do only the content is obviously different. Similarly I know a number of kids who are into scripting just like their adult counterparts. @Madi Melodious is just one kid I know who scripts but she's not the only one. Sailing is also quite popular just for the sights alone, although it can be tricky finding places to go and boats that are PG friendly. Sailing around Belli and the Fairgrounds is pretty safe though! Keeping with the water theme, fishing is also a fun activity but again, it's quite hard to find contests and places that are kid friendly. We have our own 7Seas server on our land though so I can fish whenever I want, and to be fair, if you do find a fishing contest that also allows kids, the adults there tend to behave. Moving back to land, pony trekking is pretty popular, especially amongst girls, although I do enjoy the occasional horse ride as a boy. Like dance though, it seems to be pretty female dominated.
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    Does your avatar grow or age? Up until very recently I used the Tweenster avatar which can be adjusted for ages 8-14. My shape was on the younger end of the scale and I played as a 9 year old boy. I think my preference for that age was because you're still young enough to be a kid but you're old enough to be a bit more independent. With Tweeneedoo releasing the modesty layers though, and Tweenster not, I've decided to age down to 5 for the time being. Yes in SL kids sometimes get younger! As for aging up. I know that some people do age up their avatars. I actually know someone who intends to age up in real time, so 1 year in RL equals 1year in SL. Similarly, places like Mischief Managed (Hogwarts) the students there progress from first years to second and so on so people age up their avatars as they go. What is your perfect rezday party? My SL mum and dad decorate our home in a party theme while I'm offline and surprise me when I come online. Having my family and friends there. We sing happy birthday on voice and then eat things like cake and open presents. Maybe we watch a movie together in SL and then play games like Cheesy or Uno afterwards. Most important is being around people who love me. What do you do inworld on a typical day? My family will roleplay certain situations like meals and bedtimes etc or cuddles (Starries has an option for this on the HUD), but when we're not roleplaying we just hang out as friends and family (discussing RL etc). I love shopping and I'm kind of addicted to buying new accessories and clothes. I'm also massively into decorating and it kind of drives my mum mad that my bedroom is always changing - I've accidentally destroyed the house a few times now so dad has locked it - whoops. I attend a few clubs and activities aimed at kids. In the past I was in Scouts and also attended HKE Elementary School. Now it's mostly dance and story times. There are a few music clubs like Totally 80s which are PG and kid friendly that we sometimes go to as a family. I'm looking at learning Blender so I can make mesh clothes and I enjoy art quite a lot so I might try and open a gallery in the future, who knows!
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    I drew inspiration for this thread from The Human Library. It's a project that started in Copenhagen, Denmark, in the year 2000 with the aim of breeding understanding and breaking down things like prejudice. The concept is that instead of going to a library and borrowing a book, instead you go to the library and get to borrow a person (more accurately you get to listen to their life story for a set amount of time). I'm proposing to do something similar with this thread but for child avatars. Perhaps people like @Madi Melodious would like to contribute? Also, maybe there could be spin offs in other threads for other types of avatars? The idea is to ask questions you've always wanted to ask but never have. It doesn't have to be super serious either so long as the questions are asked in good faith with honest intentions. I considered offering some examples but decided not to since I don't want to bias people's enquiries. The idea is to be as open ended as possible. Some ground rules: Please stay on topic Be respectful Trolls will be reported and ignored. Sits down and waits.
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    While a lot more people seem to be aware than the initial wave, I still think there is a sizeable amount of people who are ignorant of the changes, or if they've heard anything it's just the bare minimum. A lot of people never interact with child avatars so the changes are mostly inconsequential to them - they may never bother to find out. I'm a little happier now that Toddleedoo / Tweeneedoo have released modesty layers. In fact that should probably go in the Pet Delight thread! Peeve: Threads being locked before you can even read or contribute to them.
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    Surely there is a way to set the correct attachment points in the script? I don't know though, I'm not a scripter.
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    Perhaps content creators could do collaborations and make specially tailored packages for Mobile. It would work like this. You buy the package, and when you open it a script automatically adds everything bought so you wear your Lelutka head, Maitreya body and matching skin. The pack might even come with a few different hair options. Then an algorithm calculates which package you just bought and shows you other similar clothing packages that will fit the body you just purchased. This would streamline and simplify the avatar creation onboarding process and would encourage further spending.
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    This would be me! Freak out that I'm a kid again and that I'm in SL. Panic that 'I'm back,' but then relax when I realise I'm safe. Test out the seemingly never ending energy levels and flexibility of my now youthful body by jumping on my bed and rolling around. Say hello to all my teddies and bears. Then cuddles with mom when she comes in to see what all the rucus is about. Enjoy childhood.
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    Welcome to SL @Hyllun and welcome to the forums! Out of interest, how did you find out about SL and what made you want to check it out? What are you looking to do in Second Life? If you need any help setting up an avatar then please feel free to ask in the forums for help and advice. Learning how to use SL can be very daunting at first but I've been here for over 6 years now and it has been an amazing experience.
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    Apologies if I caused any offense Zal.
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    Pftt. Peeve: People just straight out tryin to murder your avi. 🤣
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    No worries. G-rated gallery sounds good!
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    Nope nope! Not going there
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    Oh let me try it. Ahem (coughs) and puts on zal voice. Peeve: Rabble rabble, roar roar, child avatar child avatar, rabble rabble, walking TOS violation, blah blah blah tiny terror tot gang blah blah blah.... Did I get it?
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    I don't see your signature. Is that something I have to turn on?
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    I think I'd like to meet your frog avatar! I can speak frog, ribbit! Also, what on Earth is all this Peeve stuff? Feels like an inside joke I'm not getting.....
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    I keep coming back to LL's ambitions for Mobile - Apple Store and then I think about Moderate regions and both public adult nudity and child avatars in theory being allowed in them. It just seems like a recipe for disaster to me. I think LL could take a few approaches. 1) Ban child avatars from moderate regions. 2) Ban public adult nudity on moderate regions. 3) Develope some sort of sub category for Moderate regions MN (Moderate Nudity) etc which child avatars aren't allowed in. 4) Develop some sort of way to censor content depending on your personal preferences. I.e. those who can only access G content see everyone wearing underwear etc even if that particular adult isn't wearing any. I suppose this might cause issues with people not knowing they're around nude people though.....
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    A big moment just occured in the Kid community. Toddleedoo just released modesty skins for their bodies (TD baby, TD kid and Tweeneedooo). Here's me! I shrunk! In my Tweeneedoo body. Hopefully avatars like Tweenster will quickly follow suit but at least I have something more permenant for now.
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    It is nice of you to say so. I'm still waiting for that invite to your art exhibition btw! However, with the notable exception of a few, the environment here towards child avatars has been pretty hostile. I'm honestly not surprised really since it only seems to mirror the sort of contempt we face in world as well. I post in spite of it - child avatar views should be represented - no one else is going to do it for us.
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    Perhaps you think I deserved what happened, or now that I'm no longer in that situation that I never deserve to be happy? Perhaps I should just be miserable so that you can be comfortable.... I mean the OP asked a genuine question in good faith. No one is forcing you to be in the thread.
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