This Troper despite her best efforts and being utterly terrified of any kind of resposiblity is one of these. Just resently, after just a single conversation with a girl and boy selling rosemary up and down her street, now somehow has those two kids and a fair number of their friends visiting me on odd days of the week asking to play my video games. And that's not even getting into having to escort (in the guardian sense of the word) two of them through the local festival because they got lost and ended up buying all the festival stuff they wanted as well as pleading with random stallkeepers to lower their prices so I could afford two pairs of mittens for them when the tempreture decided to randomly plummet... (One lovely shop owner we eventually encounted did, and even gave the two little spoiled-rotten troublemakers free beanies~ To say I am grateful is an understatement.)

This Troper aspires to be one, especially to male younger relatives who are at ''at least'' nine years younger than him.

{{Subverted}}. Once you find out I don't like my immediate family, we can talk.

I cheerfully admit to irrationally hating everybody over at the TroperTales/ChildHater page.

=( We don't hate YOU.

No, YOU don't hate him. I do.

I myself, have a love/hate relationship with him.

Unless you're a child.

This troper was a reading tutor for several years, working with ESL and learning-disabled kids. At the time he was bitchy about it, but he has since realized that kids are a-okay, and will go out of his way to be nice to them and help quiet them down when they get crotchity (plus, it makes him look like a hero to exasperated parents when he can get the little wailing kiddies to pipe down.)

I may be something of a subversion, feeling rather awkward around most children, but hoo boy, if you do ''anything'' to harm a kid in ''any'' way, you have lost my respect forever and I start fantasizing about coming after you with an Uzi.

For a moment I thought I had written this in my sleep.

This troper. It doesn't matter if they're brats, or shed snot whenever they laugh. She'll do anything to make them smile. Seriously. She once stood on her head on a tall ledge on a crowded street and sang a bunch of songs, while making her legs dance. If you have heard her sing you'll understand why this would be a bit embarrassing for her. The kid loved it. The {{Innocent Bystanders}} did not.

This Troper. Friends have described me as a JerkWithAHeartOfGold, which I actively hide. But bring out a baby or little kid, and I will go full MamaBear and start playing tag or doll house or chatting or whatnot.

Children usually ''love'' this troper after a few minutes. Small children tends to be scared of him at first, given him being unusually tall and a constantly frowner, but after the initial hesitation, they're all over him. It works mostly because this troper suffers from an extreme case of child-related CutenessProximity.

Played totally straight with this troper and his father both. Children start grinning and giggling as soon as they lay eyes on us. Dad is much better with them then I am. I tend to stay away from  them. I don't dislike them or anything- I'm very much looking forward to having children of my own. It's more that... I'm a big, strong guy and I sometimes lose track of my own strength and I give myself living hell for it (I accidently poked my girl in the eye three months ago and I haven't forgiven myself for it.) I treat kids like their fragile little masterpieces that will break if I'm too rough with them and I'm really quiet around them. Yeah, I'm a real-life GentleGiant... That's part of what made my girl fall so hard for me :D

Frequently happens to this troper, who often finds children -- and more often, teenagers -- much more interesting to hang out with than grownups. She recently had a friend comment that "I've always thought you'd make the best mom...you seem to have a natural ability to communicate with children." 

This troper loves kids. They're so much nicer than kids my own age and just adorable. She will go and talk to one if they're making a fuss. I even played moral support for a four year old who was getting her ears pierced. My siblings hate it when I do things like that, but it makes me happy.

My mom was abusive. Kids my own age treated me like shit until I hit the middle of high school, so I became the unofficial kooky older brother to a lot of kids. I have both the care for all kids thing and the BerserkButton going. Do not hurt kids near me. At the very least, I'll be putting a very persistent bug in the ear of several cops.

This troper has a soft spot for kids. I absolutely hate hearing anything about a kid being hurt in anyway. I always treat kids as kindly as I can. Taking care of my baby cousin for a short time, my aunt says that I do a good job. I bet that a few people I know believe that I'll be an excellent mother when I have kids.

This is the reason I volunteer at a kid's afterschool club. I think a lot of the time I'm having as much fun there as they are, because they're just so interesting to be around. I'm pretty childish myself, so I tend to get on quite well with them, even if they do think I'm weird. They still like me

This editor is one. A grumbling, growling, snarky and sullen one at that but kids aren't bothered in the slightest. 

This troper doesn't exactly go out of her way to play with kids, but most of the time she finds kids easier to deal with than people her own age. And I feel that people who abuse kids have a special place in Hell.

This troper has been known as a magnet for kids. Seriously, one time I was at San Jose airport waiting for my plane when these parents were holding their kid which I only glanced at and smirked at, the child laughed at me and then attempted to leap out of their parents arms and the most they did was able to pat the afro I had at the time. Then there's kids from church and all of my younger cousins and my nephews whom just stick around me and want to play. This always makes me the defacto babysitter in any of those situations.

This Troper, training to be a teacher, loves kids, and they seem to love me.

Mira-chan's LoveInterest often hung out with younger students more than with his own classmates. This has earned him the nickname Pedoperv from Mira-chan's best friend. Now Mira-chan herself is well-known among the kids in school.

This Troper likes children. Childrens like This Troper back.

I am a good with children. My friend has a friend who has a little girl who is very shy. I had only known this little girl for a few hours, and somehow found myself playing with her. She wouldnt let me go for the rest of the day.

This troper enjoys the company of kids once they're about six or older, any younger and they tend to drive me up the wall unless they're in a calm mood. I suppose that makes me a Friend To Some Children. But despite being in my 20's I can still play Hide and Go Seek Tag with the best of them. I'm also the sort of go-to cartoon guy to my younger cousins and my niece.

For some reason, kids love this Troper. He used to work in a daycare, and some of the kids with separation anxiety when handed over to anyone else in the room would, on seeing him, wriggle until their parents put them down, toddle over to him, and hold their hands up to be picked up. It was rather heart-melting. On top of that, his 4, 7, 9, and 12 year old cousins apparently worship the ground he walks on, the oldest constantly asking him to come to his baseball games and such. (Which this troper would totally do, except for the seven hour drive.)

This troper doesn't especially like children, but will tolerate them when she has to. Guess who they love the most? -_- Being respectful to everyone generally makes kids like you, I guess, because they feel as if you're equals(?).

Kids usually find This Troper to look kinda scary. But if they strike conversation with him they end up finding him pretty friendly to them. People seeing this often end up thinking of me as a kid in an oversized body.

Somehow, kids seem to sense that I'm an adult who's never quite grown up, and flock to me as halfway between 'big-brother' and 'uncle'. I must admit it never fails to bring a smile to my soul.

This troper loves kids, and kids love her. I don't even have to do anything and children love me. About four years ago, I volunteered with some kindergartners and they always, when permitted, would run up to me and {{squee}} "MISS MEGAN!" and I'd find myself buried by little kids. These days, only half the class is still at that school, are currently in the third grade, and still mob me when they see me. One of them will hug me but not my mum, who works at the school. Most of them {{glomp}} me first then my mom. Kids and pets for some reason just love me, even the ones that don't like other people that much. Parents adore me, my classmates.... not so much.

I perfer the company to people younger then me to people my age. My aunt and Uncle try having me as a baby sitter since thier two year old loves me to the point he cries when parting. Aparently I have this effect on a lot of cousins and that they nag about me for days after family visits, one remembers at the age of two that I gave her piggy backs every year for four years.

This troper loves children and so does her (I/me) mother. However, I sometimes think my mother takes this trope a bit too far. By that I mean she can't watch the News anymore because if she sees ANYTHING about a child being abused/killed/molested (such as the Zahra Baker case), she'll fly into a rage and spend days cursing the perpetrators into oblivion.

This troper's mother has pointed out that she has exhibited many signs of maternal instinct since early childhood, rushing up to younger children and babies when they cried. Recently, she herself has begun to realize (and swear to herself) that if she ever comes across anyone picking on the young, she'll GRIND THEIR BONES INTO DUST!!1!! No, seriously. This troper sees you hurting a child, she will annihilate you.

This Troper, due to having UsefulNotes/AspergerSyndrome, is automatically this. (After all, I am super nice to all.) But hurt a kid in front of me, or at least insult one in any way, I will go in anger and not stop until the person says sorry to the kid. By the way, many kids treat me like I'm an older brother/dad to them when they always are with me. Same goes with the toddlers.