Ruth: genuinely doesn't know what to do with kids, if she had to deal with them she'd try to channel Wicke but she's struggling to find things to say since she didn't have a very normal childhood she may have trouble relating but she'd still try her best QWQ

Mira: she's a teacher and deals w kids pretty often so she's got a good handle! Plus helping to raise Mali as a kid and having an interest in stories means she's GREAT at finding things to talk about with the kids and she genuinely loves hearing what they have to say about books!

Kingston: Ohh a tough question... before getting (traumatized in Zirca) he was actually really good with kids bc he was a lil more extroverted and while in Johto he was around a lot of relatives with younger children... so he was the fun older cousin the kids liked... even if they weren't particularly close. He'd still look out for them, especially the younger ones who didn't REALLy have full control of their... ghost-sensing abilities and got trailed by ghost pokemon, he'd let them hang around him bc he's got a bunch of cleanse tags stuck to him to ward off ghosts and just being in his vicinity helps keep them at bay x'D. I guess the thing I'll say that stays consistent with Kingston dealing w kids is that he doesn't... talk down to them (in that way most adults do, like they will ask a question and not really care about the answer, or just say things to placate the kid) so they like being around him! (with his own kids he's initially a bit awkward but thats bc interacting w someone else's kids vs your own is very different HAHA)

Elio's good with kids, unsurprisingly. If we don't count his generally nurturing and magnanimous demeanor, Elio has experience dealing with and properly raising children - whether they be human or Pokemon.

When it comes to Pokemon, Elio would willingly assist his Ranger best friends nurturing newborn Pokemon and their parents who were trapped in dire situations; this tends to happen quite frequently during his Unovan travels because of the machinations of Ghetsis and his hired Pokemon Hunter goons. Later, during his "partnership" with the Aether Foundation, he was forced to do temp work despite being a Team Skull Admin - which naturally includes caring for abandoned, injured or newborn Pokemon that would later be put up for adoption.

In terms of humans, a small portion of his fans is younger kids who just received their first Pokemon - a lot of whom are also fellow New Torkers. So typically, there would usually be a group of kids that would want to spend time with Elio; though his time with them was usually brief, he would entertain them, tutor them about Pokemon and battling, or simply help them with any problems that they may have to the best of his ability. Additionally, during his academy days, he would spend time at the orphanage where Ashe grew up - which was tailored to kids who either came from or lost their families to the Ultra Wormholes and Spatio-Temporal anomalies that commonly occurred throughout the city. Whenever possible, he would assist Ashe, the older children, and the staff in taking care of the younger crowd; though done out of the goodness of his heart, it somehow caught wind with the press and he received a lot of publicity for it.

Wily is very surprisingly good with kids. For some reason his "villain face" seems not to affect kids and Pokémon, and he doesn't talk down to children(mostly because his own development was so weird he doesn't see why anyone would).

Phillip is not great with young kids, if a bit too inattentive(takes him a while to learn the kind of focus and patience needed), but he's GREAT with teenagers and relates to them very well.

Mahra is great with them, both personally and professional. (She did manage to basically raise Wily from age 11)

Polly is good kids, but it really tugs on her heartstrings to see a child in grief, since it's also unusual.

Sivrit would be pretty bad with them due to having little patience.

Stahl is good with his family and relatives but outside that doesn't tend to have too much patience with children as his strictness and "my way or highway" mentality doesn't always mesh. However he's aware enough to excuse himself and get someone better suited around when he approaches his limits to help them cause he's not gonna yell at any kids.

Arryn is an amazing mama... she's also a good parent lol. idk how to say it without people going "mommy" but you know what, that's valid.

Avian is... actually? surprisingly good with kids: Pays attention to their interests and doesn't speak down to them. When out and about he's low key protective and compassionate which is how he's able to get them to behave - fair but firm and all that. Once he's Dealt With His Stuff, Avian would realise that he'd actually want to be a dad whether it be having his own kids with a spouse, adoption or being a step-dad.