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)