Kids v Adults

The classic war of the generations.

The age-old difference between children and adults reincarnated in an Us Versus Them match. In stories focused on children, the kids are always the aggressors of Kids v Adults. They may be fed up with their parents' nonsensical or killjoy rules, want to be treated better than third-rate citizens, or feel weak and demand more power. This UnTrash often comes after the parents have pushed their kids around especially hard and Enough Is Enough for their victims. The parents, on the other hand, understand that their children need restraints as it's good for them to eat healthy, go to bed on time, and do their homework when it's assigned. Speaking of school, kids already don't like it as is, but it gets worse when the teachers suddenly become the cruel masters of the classrooms. Handing out extra tough homework or making schoolchildren do assignments over the weekend can create tension between the two groups. Friction between kids and adults might grow into conflicts between the two. Kids will fight for more power while adults will fight to keep the kids in line.

The pros, cons, and responsibilities of both children and adults are commonly brought up while Kids v Adults is played. Kids, the ones often victimized by the UnTrash, are described as the powerless, underprivileged, and ignored servants under the rule of the adults. They have to worry about bedtimes, can't make choices for themselves, must do as they're told, and on top of all this, they have to watch as the adults seemingly live under totally different rules. Adults are allowed to act as reckless as they want with no repercussions from a kid's perspective, but in reality, they're sometimes just as limited as the ones who envy them. Adults have to worry about bills, rent, taxes, work, lawn care, auto care, and more of the downsides to being a fully-grown member of society. If they're parents, there are even more worries on their minds, like what to make for dinner and how their kids are performing in their classes. An adult might look back on their days of carefree childhood and insist the little ones stop taking their youth for granted. As a child, they have much more free time to themselves and can use that time to play all the games they want. If they mess up, they aren't punished as severely as an adult would be for the same error.

Some plays of Kids v Adults might go deeper by noting the cognitive behaviors of both age groups. Children may not be too smart or helpful to civilization, but they have more creativity and have less fear of failing in front of others. What they create is satisfactory in itself as the child doesn't crave admiration or fame. Adults are more rational and can make wiser choices in life, although this may only be because they have to in order to function well socially. The two age ranges tend to fail understanding each other. Kids have never been adults and adults have lost any idea what kids want. This makes reaching a compromise in the Us Versus Them fight all the more challenging. In the end, the best either collective might be able to hope for is coming closer to understand the other side a little better and find where they were wrong.