Kindern

A Kindern is the in context term for a Natural Born child within the context of the rejuve Universe. The reason for this in-context term is to distinguish between those who are 'new' children with no prior lives and the many classes of child that come under the category Rejuves. A person who has yet to rejuve for any reason are said to be on their Kindern cycle

Parenting Licence
The presence of non-rejuvenated children in the Rejuve Universe is a rarity. With the majority of individuals choosing to undergo rejuvenation and an increasing rejuve population it was soon decided to pass a legislation where pregnancy and childbirth would be controlled via the Kensington treatment. . As a result of this population control the average number of Kindern children has been reduced to approximately one in 10,000 children although the number of kindern is higher on colonies.

Parents of Kindern typically are required to parent or medicalos rejuves as part of obtaining the parenting license to have the Kensington Treatment reversed, meaning that parents of most Rejuves have been trained both in childcare and in appropriate discipline; however not all parents support the penny system.

Kindern Rated Areas
Because kindern are so few in number and have no past lives from which to draw experience from, public pressure in the Lurking Dragon environment gradually pushed for areas throughout cities to be 'Zoned' so that Kindern did not have to witness the level of public corporal punishment that takes place in communities. While rejuves are allowed to live in Kindern rated neighborhoods these neighborhoods aren't very common and as such the majority of rejuves live in P rated areas even if the number of pennies in those areas is small.

Childhood development
Kindern are the only form of child that can be 'Infants' because of the limitations of the Rejuve Technology and of human biology. Kindern typically develop faster than all Rejuves, growing and developing much more similar to that of children in the 21st century (the real world of today). however upon entering their Preteen years they are sometimes injected with the Fujikawa treatment causing to slow down physical development.

Mental Development and Schooling
Because Kindern do not have prior lives like rejuves do they get special treatment. Often referred to by fans as the Kindern Cycle, non rejuve children are at a physical, mental and psychological disadvantage to Rejuves and are given much more attention and much less physical discipline during their initial years. Kindern schooling is separate from rejuves as so are most social groups. School grades are divided into five age groups; Kindergarten, Elementary school, Middle school, High school and College with the optional 'Toddlers classes'. In a society where Rejuves make up the majority of children, Kindern are schooled separately from rejuves to make up for their disadvantage compared to rejuves but are often pressured to learn faster than rejuves.