Molly and other Trek children

[Varthikes]

Don't children in Star Trek seem to age fast? Particularly around the toddler/pre-toddler age?

Especially Molly and Alexander.

In DS9-1 (TNG-6), Molly was already 3 years (according to "The Nagus") when she was born just the year before. Perhaps Miles and Keiko decided they had enough of changing diapers and performed a transporter experiment. Make her a little older like they were able to make Picard, Ro, Guinan, and Keiko older in "Rascals".

And, Alexander has it worse, aging eighteen years in eight.

[Lazar]

It's called Soap Opera Rapid Aging Syndrome.

[Sionnach Glic]

Maybe the UFP laces snack foods with growth hormones?

[Graham Kennedy]

Kids aren't terribly interesting to a story until they can walk and talk.

[Tsukiyumi]

Kids aren't terribly interesting to a story until they can walk and talk.

I thought Worf trying to get the O'Brien kid to go to sleep was an effective comedic scene.

[thelordharry]

Kids aren't terribly interesting to a story until they can walk and talk.

Unless of course, you put them, W.C. Fields style, near Picard and watch him struggle to cope with the situation

[stitch626]

At least the token Voyager child had a reason for aging quickly (at least visually).

[Mikey]

I don't think it's too bad, considering that we can easily assume that 'Trek medical technology slows the aging process for adults considerably. Miles or Keiko wouldn't necessarily look 5 years older when Molly has aged 5 years.

However, this is another one of those ENT-style incidences in which the viewer is forced to deduce or just make up something that should have a logical IU explanation presented.

[Captain Seafort]

Babes split and merged to babes thread in A&D.