a-trashcan-made-out-of-fandoms:
It is an unspoken rule that if a little kid is hiding under a blanket or couch cushions, you are required to comment on how lumpy the blanket is and pretend to sit on it to try and “smooth it out.”
Also, if you’re playing hide-and-seek with them, it is critical that you search every other possible (and impossible) hiding spot, all the while wondering out loud how they managed to disappear just like magic, before walking right past their hiding spot.
And if a baby starts playing peekaboo you are required to act surprised when they show their face again
If a kid hands you a phone, you answer it
If a kid shoots you with a Nerf Gun you are supposed to Die a dramatic death and explain “ugh you shot me blaahh”
If a kid hands you fake food you must pretend to eat it. Even if its a baby doll they took out of the plastic microwave because the kid is messed up. You eat that baby doll and you enjoy it.
How to write kids well.
Look, little kids are weird. Even if you don’t really like kids, play along with the weirdness, you’ll make them really happy.