I feel like the fact that Kon spent the first at least year of his life outside of a lab Kon was exploited, taken advantage of, or ignored by every adult in his life is so important
Also how the YJ was the first time he had real friends that were his age and got some agency over what he did. It also means his aversion to authority in the YJ comics makes sense because before that point no adult in his life was truly looking out for him so of course hes not going to be intent to take Red Tornado or the other adult heros at their word that they wanted what was best for the kids
Also adds weight to when they would get into trouble and the public would call for the yj to be disbanded and teen heroes not allowed to operate because that's taking away the only purpose Kon has ever had and his only friends. Everyone else on the team has a life outside of being a hero but when YJ started Kon didn't even have a real name yet. His entire life and purpose has always been being a hero. And if teen heroes aren't allowed to operate where does that leave him since he will always be a teenager
