Age Play

Intro by Misty

First, let me try to define (which is near impossible) age-play for those of you who do not realize the complexity of such a term. Age-play is when a consenting adult takes on a role that is usually that of a child under the age of 18. This is just the most common definition, but there are so many other considerations, factors, and circumstances that can change this definition to something else. Confused, yet? It is probably easiest to understand it by knowing who age-players are. There are basically two types of age-players: those that like to play in a child role and those that like to portray an adult authority.

The adult authority figure can be one of many. Some common ones are Mommy, Daddy, Aunt, Uncle, Teacher, Nanny, Principal, Coach, Nurse, Doctor, etc. The key is that it must be an adult role, where there is some inherent control over the child.

A lot of people do not understand the NEED that some have for a "Daddy/Mommy" or a "little girl/boy". Some may say it is sick and demented because there is often times sexual encounters between the two consenting adults. Most of us have heard or seen the flack others have gotten for acting out such roles or better yet... living them. Psychiatrists can come up with a list of reasons why one must feel she needs a "Daddy", and some of them may even be true. I am writing this post because it is a subject very close to my heart. I freely admit that I seek a "Daddy/Teacher". Maybe, not on a full-time basis or even as an act of submission, but I do definitely need one every so often. (Wow, that was difficult to admit to a group of people).

Okay, now getting that part of the post out of the way I did a lot of research looking for information and/or resources to further educate myself as well as others on the importance of having a "Daddy" or being that "little girl".

I do hope that this helps any of you who have also requested more information (those people knowing who they are). *Now, let me get the biggest myth about age-play out of the way.

The myth being "It is that age-play involves real children and/or age-players have latent pedophilia tendencies." This is completely untrue! Pedophilia is when a person actually chooses a child for a sexual partner. Certainly, as in all communities, be they the BDSM, the local church, school, police, government, etc, there likely is a percentage of age-players that are pedophiles. To deny that would be complete silliness, however, age-players are usually strong and out spoken advocates against child abuse of any form not just sexual but mental and emotional abuse too. There is absolutely no tolerance for pedophiles in the age-play community as in a similar vain there is no tolerance for abuse in the BDSM community. *