Editing Children

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{{About|children of age 3 and up|pregnancy and babies|Reproduction}} 
'''Children''' are added by the [[Biotech (DLC)| Biotech DLC]]. They are smaller, slower, and less capable of work when compared to adult pawns, but gain skills as they age.

== Acquisition ==
{{See also|Reproduction}}
* Having a [[baby]] age up to 3 or beyond.
* Purchasing them from [[Trade#Slaver|slavers]].
* Most [[quest]]s and [[event]]s where an adult colonist would join.

Note that [[raid]]s will not have children, unless you enable it in the [[AI_Storytellers#Biotech|storyteller settings]].

== Summary ==
A child is a human that is from ages 3 to 13. Humans below 3 are [[babies]]. Humans above 13 are considered adult for most purposes, gaining access to adult clothing and all work types, but still recieve some penalties from being underdeveloped. Those under 16 can't [[reproduction|reproduce]]. At age 18, all penalties are removed. People under 18 will age 400% faster, though this can be altered by using a [[growth vat]] or in the [[AI_Storytellers#Biotech|storyteller settings]].

Children as young as 3 can wield [[weapon]]s, but are limited to child-sized clothing like the [[kid pants]] and [[kid parka]], and can only do certain types of work. Younger pawns recieve penalties to [[Global Work Speed]], [[Move Speed]], and more scaling with age. Due to their body size, they can store less [[nutrition]] and recieve stronger effects from [[drug]]s. Finally, children (below 13) are vulnerable to the ''Fleeing Fire'' [[mental break]] when seeing [[fire]]. See [[#Stats]] for a full breakdown of stat penalties.

Children recieve growth moments at ages 7, 10, and 13. These give the pawn access to more work types, as well as the choice of [[trait]]s and passions. Giving a child access Learning increases the possible choices. See [[#Development]] for more details.

===Mood===
Children up to 13 recieve a [[mood]]let for simply being young: at age 3, {{+|16}} '''Childlike joy''', at age 6, {{+|12}} '''Childlike wonder''', age 8, {{+|8}} '''Childlike enthusiasm''', and at age 10, {{+|4}} '''Childlike confidence'''. Children are happy when their parents are happy, and parents are happy when their children are. Other than that, most regular moodlets apply to them. 

Adult colonists recieve a {{+|2}}{{Check Tag|??|Possibly scales with mood itself}} ''Happy youngsters'' for having children with high mood in the colony. Most recieve a {{--|6}} moodlet for killing an innocent child.

== Development ==
=== Learning ===
Children have a '''Learning''' need, which replaces Recreation. Children scheduled to do [[Schedule#Anything|Anything]] or [[Schedule#Recreation|Recreation]] will satisfy their Learning need. Not only does Learning have mood buffs analogous to Recreation, but it can also increase their growth score.

At any one point, Learning will consist of 1 or 2 of the following tasks, which may not always be possible:

==== Floor drawing ====
Children draw pictures on the floor in various places. This does not require any additional supplies and can occur on anywhere within or near home area. The drawings can be cleaned up the same way as any other dirt.

==== Lessons ====
The child(ren) sit together at a [[school desk]]. If an adult is present, they will instruct the children in a random, currently usable skill (e.g., when age 4 this can be Shooting, Melee, or Social), increasing the child's respective skill level. The speed at which the child learns can be increased by up to 60% by adding up to 3 [[Blackboard|blackboards]] near the school desks at which the lesson takes place. It also trains the adult's Social skill.

==== Nature running ====
Children run around outside, similar to the adult "Going for a walk" activity. Care must be taken as nearby predator hunt or potential raid can occur near them, as they tend to run outside the safe zone near the edge.

==== Radio Talking ====
Chat with people over the radio, which requires a powered [[comms console]]. This can interfere with the usage if required to contact another faction or a nearby Trader Ship orbiting above the colony.

==== Sky dreaming ====
Children lay on the ground and watch the sky, much like adults that are cloud watching.

==== Work watching ====
Children that are work watching will follow an adult, who does standard work. If the children is at a suitable age for the skill the adult is doing work on (i.e: Treating injury with medicine or attempting to recruit/convert prisoners), said skill will slowly be gained.

===Growth score===
Each day, children will raise their growth score (shown at the bottom of the screen when a child is selected) proportionate to their Learning need. The growth score can pass through 8 tiers of learning, and each will grant more rewards during a child's growth moment. Tiers give you more flexibility in choosing a child's next trait and gives more passions. Once a growth moment has passed, the child's growth tiers will reset to 0, and you'll need to keep them learning to gain more rewards.

A child with constantly fully-satisfied Learning need would achieve a hypothetical maximum of 180 growth points, but 162 is the highest value displayed. Changing the child aging rate in storyteller settings adjusts the growth point gain proportionately. Therefore, average Learning need can roughly predict the final growth tier of a child, assuming the child completes the entire growth stage within the colony.

{| class=wikitable
|+ Growth Tiers and Rewards
|-
| Tier || Points || Traits || Passion || Min Av Learning
|-
| 0 || 0 || 1 from 1 options || - || -
|-
| 1 || 30 || 1 from 2 options || - || 17%
|-
| 2 || 55 || 1 from 3 options || - || 31%
|-
| 3 || 80 || 1 from 4 options || - || 44%
|-
| 4 || 100 || 1 from 4 options || 1 from 1 options || 56%
|-
| 5 || 120 || 1 from 4 options || 1 from 2 options || 67%
|-
| 6 || 135 || 1 from 4 options || 1 from 3 options || 75%
|-
| 7 || 150 || 1 from 4 options || 2 from 4 options || 83%
|-
| 8 || 162 || 1 from 6 options || 3 from 6 options || 90%
|}

== Growth moments ==
[[Babies]] become children at 3, and children experience growth moments at 7, 10, and 13, allowing them to gain traits and passions. When a child hits the biological age for a growth moment, a notification will pop up that lets you pick new traits and passions. The selection is randomized, and increased by the growth tier. You can choose their traits/passions within 48 hours of the birthday, and view their bio/health from the selection screen.

==== Age 3 ====
 '' Baby '''<BABY NAME>''' has grown up and become a child! (S)He is now old enough to do the following work: <LIMITED WORK> Children do various type of work. As they get older, they become able to do more work types. They also do various child-specific recreational activities. Children need to wear specific child-size apparel. ''

At this age, now your baby is a child! They can now walk and talk, and do activities for skills like melee, shooting, or social. Their Play need is also replaced with a new Learning need.
{| class=wikitable
|+ Capable work types
|-
| Firefight || Patient || Doctor || Bed Rest || Childcare || Basic || Warden || Handle || Cook || Hunt || Construct || Grow || Mine || Plant Cut || Smith || Tailor || Art || Craft || Haul || Clean || Research
|-
| - || '''✓''' || - || '''✓''' || '''✓''' || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || '''✓''' || '''✓''' || -
|}
{| class=wikitable
|+ Learnable skills
|-
| Shooting || Melee || Construction || Mining || Cooking || Plants || Animals || Crafting || Artistic || Medical || Social || Intellectual
|-
| '''✓''' || '''✓''' || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || '''✓''' || -
|}

'''Ideology'''

 '' '''<BABY NAME>''' has decided to become a follower of the ideoligion '''<MAJOR COLONY IDEOLIGION>'''. By tradition '''<BABY NAME>''', born to '''<MOTHER NAME>''' of '''<COLONY>''' (and) '''<FATHER NAME>''' of '''<COLONY>''' / unknown parents, is a colonist/tribesman, but exceptions can be made... Should '''<BABY NAME>''' remain a colonist/tribesman? ''

With [[Ideology]]{{IdeologyIcon}}, the child will now follow the major [[ideoligion]] your colony currently believes in (assuming your colony has one). By default, they will remain as a colony child, but you can make an exception and enslave him/her instead. This can be postponed for up to 12 hours.

==== Age 7 ====
{| class=wikitable
|+ Capable work types
|-
| Firefight || Patient || Doctor || Bed Rest || Childcare || Basic || Warden || Handle || Cook || Hunt || Construct || Grow || Mine || Plant Cut || Smith || Tailor || Art || Craft || Haul || Clean || Research
|-
| '''✓''' || ✓ || - || ✓ || ✓ || '''✓''' || - || '''✓''' || '''✓''' || '''✓''' || - || '''✓''' || '''✓''' || '''✓''' || - || '''✓''' || - || '''✓''' || ✓ || ✓ || -
|}
{| class=wikitable
|+ Learnable skills
|-
| Shooting || Melee || Construction || Mining || Cooking || Plants || Animals || Crafting || Artistic || Medical || Social || Intellectual
|-
| ✓ || ✓ || - || '''✓''' || '''✓''' || '''✓''' || '''✓''' || '''✓''' || - || - || ✓ || -
|}
==== Age 10 ====
{| class=wikitable
|+ Capable work types
|-
| Firefight || Patient || Doctor || Bed Rest || Childcare || Basic || Warden || Handle || Cook || Hunt || Construct || Grow || Mine || Plant Cut || Smith || Tailor || Art || Craft || Haul || Clean || Research
|-
| ✓ || ✓ || '''✓''' || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || '''✓''' || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || '''✓''' || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || - || ✓ || '''✓''' || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || -
|}
{| class=wikitable
|+ Learnable skills
|-
| Shooting || Melee || Construction || Mining || Cooking || Plants || Animals || Crafting || Artistic || Medical || Social || Intellectual
|-
| ✓ || ✓ || '''✓''' || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || '''✓''' || '''✓''' || ✓ || -
|}
==== Age 13 ====
When a child turns 13, you will receive the notification: "Child" became an adult. They are not full adults yet, but are now considered adults (or teenagers) throughout the game, and have access to all work types. 

They wear adult clothing, dropping their too-small child's clothes if wearing any. Their Learning need is immediately replaced by Recreation, removing any mood effects from learning, and teens no longer have the {{+|4}} ''childlike confidence''' [[mood]]let. [[Genes#Drugs|Drug dependency genes]] take effect at this age, as if they last took the drug on their birthday.

Some kids get special changes upon turning 13. Your child may randomly receive a new nickname, such as John Doe gaining the nickname '''Johnny''' (becoming John 'Johnny' Doe). Like other colonists, you can always change their nickname from their bio. They'll also recieve the [[background]] of Tribal Child or Colony Child, dependent on [[scenario]], or Vatgrown Child if they spent enough time in a [[growth vat]].

{| class=wikitable
|+ Capable work types
|-
| Firefight || Patient || Doctor || Bed Rest || Childcare || Basic || Warden || Handle || Cook || Hunt || Construct || Grow || Mine || Plant Cut || Smith || Tailor || Art || Craft || Haul || Clean || Research
|-
| ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || '''✓''' || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || '''✓'''
|}
{| class=wikitable
|+ Learnable skills
|-
| Shooting || Melee || Construction || Mining || Cooking || Plants || Animals || Crafting || Artistic || Medical || Social || Intellectual
|-
| ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || '''✓'''
|}

==Stats==
Children and teens have various penalties to speed and effectiveness. Specifically, they have a multiplier to the following stats: [[Move Speed]], [[Aiming Time]] & [[Melee Hit Chance]] (thus, {{DPS}}), [[Arrest Success Chance]], [[Global Work Speed]], [[Market Value]], and Body Siz. Each trait is affected differently by age: Move Speed changes in jolts by life stage, whereas Global Work Speed rises steadily until adulthood.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Aiming Time Multiplier by Age
|-
| {{GraphChart
|width=400
|height=100
|type=line
|x=3, 4, 12, 13, 18
|y=180, 180, 110, 100, 100
|xAxisTitle = Pawn age (years)
|yAxisTitle = Aim Time Multiplier (%)
}}
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Melee Hit Chance Multiplier by Age
|-
| {{GraphChart
|width=400
|height=100
|type=line
|x=3, 4, 12, 13, 18
|y=5, 5, 80, 100, 100
|xAxisTitle = Pawn age (years)
|yAxisTitle = Hit Chance Multiplier (%)
}}
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Arrest Success Chance Multiplier by Age
|-
| {{GraphChart
|width=400
|height=100
|type=line
|x=3, 3, 13, 18
|y=5, 5, 80, 100
|xAxisTitle = Pawn age (years)
|yAxisTitle = Arrest Chance Multiplier (%)
}}
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Global Work Speed Multiplier by Age
|-
| {{GraphChart
|width=400
|height=100
|type=line
|x=3, 4, 12, 18
|y=20, 20, 80, 100
|xAxisTitle = Pawn age (years)
|yAxisTitle = Work Speed Multiplier (%)
}}
|}

====Move Speed====
{| class=wikitable
| '''Age''' || 0-2 || 3-9 || 9-13 || 13-18 || >18
|-
| '''Speed Factor''' || x0.2<ref>As defined in the game defs, however in practice not applicable due to babies being unable to move.</ref> || x0.75 || x0.85 || x0.95 || x1
|}

====Market Value====
{| class=wikitable
| '''Age''' || 0-2 || 3-9 || 9-13 || >13
|-
| '''Value Factor''' || x0.5 || x0.9 || x0.95 || x1
|}

====Body Size====
Certain traits are indirectly affected due to a child's smaller body size. These include [[drug]] effectiveness, [[Carrying Capacity]], [[Meat Amount]] / [[Leather Amount]], and [[nutrition]] capacity. Stats that ''don't'' differ for teenagers include food consumption, Maximum/Minimum comfortable temperatures, and Filth rate.

{| class=wikitable
| '''Age''' || 0-2 || 3-9 || 9-13 || 13-18 || >18
|-
| '''Size Factor''' || x0.2 || x0.35 || x0.58 || x0.8 || x1
|}

==Notes==
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