Revenging the cute

[The Industriallist]

That would be a horrible abuse of all that is good and pure in cantr!

Ok, that was a bit overdrabatic, but giving children some sort ov inviobility would bring cantr closer to the things I'm glad it isn't: games with 'moral laws' build in and the typical mmorpg that answers the question "how to keep all the level-1 noobs from dying?" by making it impossible for anything powerful to attack them.

[Revanael]

One way to try to make sure children are RP'd by those who will actually RP them well is to only let experienced players have child chars.

[Pirog]

...but still, somebody, somewhere, will set thier child up as a god and kill everyone that doesn't bow and submit tribute to the snot nosed brat.

That would be a good thing.
There is way to few snot nosed aristocrats shoving people around

[SekoETC]

In primitive societies about half of the children die young. It would be more reasonable having babies die of mysterious reasons than those twenty-year-olds just turning silent and slowly starving away.
And being born from a mother would mean you couldn't end up all alone. It's damn annoying to be spawned in a middle of the uninhabited mountains or swamp, accompanied only by a sleeper or a couple of them.

Edit: Plus, children weight less and are smaller, if they die, they are easier to bury. And if they get too annoying, you can pick them up and place them in your "inventory"!
People who don't want to have kids, well, they just don't click the mating button. I think there could be a chance to select the age of the character. Well, if there was a lot of couples expecting babies, then spawning wouldn't be available, but if no one was "pregnant" then there would be spawning.

Second edit: And most newbies don't talk so much, so there wouldn't be a problem with speaking miracle baby Bobs...

[Agar]

People who don't want to have kids, well, they just don't click the mating button.

I can only imagine the wrong things that can come from putting a "mate" button on various things in Cantr. Take the MacGregors and their 'beloved' Lions and Wolves...

[jeslange]

Jist coz tha wolves loch tae meit fowk by sniffin' their crease doesnae pure ("mean"/"imply") techt fowk shoods consider tha Mac Gregors an' tha wolves as mair than brothers.

[Pirate Lass]

Oh my, that's funny. I needed a good laugh.

[InsaneIrony]

I think childrens' murders will be more likely avenged because parents who have children normally care for their children. Children are more likely to have people caring or worrying about them instead of silent strangers in their twenties who die at random. Adults usually do more to deserve death anyway, children seem so innocent and young, they do wrong things sometimes, but thats because they're learning. Everyone was a child once, so many might be able to understand their problem.
Even if a parent doesn't like his/her child(ren), if they beat the kid to death, at least someone present would be outraged.