ⓘ ⊱ DEFINITION ;; a term for unconventional age regressors & dreamers ( as well as anyone who feels younger for one reason or another ) who are labeled "mature" or "old-souled" and feel connected to the concept of being a child out of step with their age, carrying the gravity of years they never lived ( in other words... being a child with a preternaturally mature mind ) !
꒰ This term is inspired by characters like Five from TUA & the Peculiars from MPHFPC who have brains far older than their physical vessels . ꒱
~ coined by *me* on 30 / 5 / 2026 ( if this has been coined before , simply consider it an alternative flag ) .
~Caregivers who don’t always say the “right things”
~Caregivers who don’t participate in every activity with their kiddo but they sit near them working on their own projects.
~Caregivers who don’t constantly verbalize how much they care but show it through things like food, and picking up toys, or taking their little one places.
~Caregivers who don’t constantly coo and fuss and baby talk, but still talk to babies assuming they are being understood.
~Caregivers who never raised children, who don’t have the resources and foreknowledge but are trying.
~Caregivers who can’t afford all the gear for their little and make do with homemade toys (bonus points if they are able to create, sew, or build toys themselves)
~Caregivers with the perfect story telling voice, asmr vibes.
~Caregivers who have tough love
~Caregivers who ruffle their little’s ones hair till it’s messy and frizzy and their baby is a giggling mess
~Caregivers who call their regressor kiddo- kid- squirt- half pint- little one- monster- gremlin- whelp- pup- ect