Raising Werewolf Pups

[Happygun]

It's been mentioned a few times that werewolf (and other "were") children aren't allowed to leave the home until they can control their ability to change, which seems to be around the age of three(?). Even then they're discouraged from socializing with human children until absolutely necessary, such as when they enter middle school, and are given daily doses of wolvesbane just in case.

This careful, gradual socialization is probably tricky - especially since most children are bad at keeping secrets*. Also, I'm guessing werewolf children are far more...lively than their human counterparts and more mobile**. All of this on top of the ordinary demands of parenthood leads me to suspect raising werewolf children is a very, very, very, very, very exhausting task. It's probably one of the main reasons most werewolves organize themselves into tight-knit packs - raising even one kid is a job for the whole community.

*It helps that the average person would find a four-year old talking about how he grows fur every full moon night cute rather than indicative of a hidden cabal of shape-shifters.

**Anyone who's raised a dog from a puppy knows what I'm talking about. Add lycanthropic speed, strength, energy, and resilience to the mix. And the average werewolf pup is probably (slightly) smarter than a puppy.

[Kris@WLP]

Your points are very well made.

Werewolf children are, indeed, a lot more of a handful than human children. That said, though humans are NEVER left alone to babysit werewolf kids, human kids ARE allowed to play with werewolf ones if the human families are in on the secret. Where possible this cross-socialization is generally carried out... and even where it isn't, young werewolf kids are encouraged to participate in family and pack activities.

That said, in every werewolf home kids are HEAVILY indoctrinated that MOST humans can NOT be trusted, and VERY BAD THINGS will happen if they ever tell. As a result there is a very definite gulf between lycanthrope kids and human kids (aside, that is, from those few trusted enough to raise kids with). Whatever remaining tendency there might be to blab gets squashed by the general "isn't that cute" response they get.

And yes, werewolf kids take a lot of energy to raise. Fortunately, werewolves have a lot more energy than humans to apply to the task.

More solitary lycanthropes (ESPECIALLY werebears)... don't tend to socialize all that well. Hal is on the more gregarious end of that scale, for his kind.

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My guess is that thrift store transactions with weres are strictly one-way if the store owner isn't in the know.

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[Juke]

I assume its not recommended to Vacuum anywhere near werewolf pups.

[Happygun]

Two Words:
Potty Training

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