The children of Star Trek

While I know this isn't entirely about TNG, but it's related to my last article, so I hope that you don't mind. This is to do with the children in Star Trek, from all the series. Understandably the children of Star Trek are different from those of today, the difference of 20 years has "allegedly" had an affect on youth. I say allegedly since I'm only 15 and so I have no basis for comparison. So understandably there will be a HUGE change over 350-odd years. However it does create a void between the show and the modern day. In some cases this becomes almost comic, when you sit down and actually think about them. The best example of this was on a Voyager episode I saw recently, where the ship held its 1st annual science festival. This consisted of Naomi Wildman, and the rescued Borg children, displaying their projects. I'm not sure exactly how old Naomi is at this point (I think about 5), but she creates something incredibly impressive. While I admit that technology will have helped a lot, Neelix says that she did all the programming herself. Who can say that they had even the faintest idea of how to program a computer at that age, let alone the ability to program something as complicated as an animated globe with full weather patterns. They all appear to be superhuman; this gets "worse" when one of the ex-Borgs creates something which the whole crew of Voyager (including 7) hadn't thought of. Also it's amazing just how much Naomi has changed in less than a year of TV time. About a year or so ago (by UK standards) she was using the holodeck to try the Flutter and Treevis program, and since then she's advanced to her globe program. While that may that may have sounded harsh on the show, it wasn't meant to be. I'm not complaining, since the storywriters have the right to bend the rules, and also it does add to the episodes once you've "accepted" the weirdness. Jake was a character who people find the easiest to relate to, since he acts very similarly to modern day teenagers. We saw not only the character, but also the actor grow over the 6 years of DS9. The real difference was that he was more of a creative person, as opposed to scientifically minded. Also he hanged out with Nog, he went on dates, had arguments, annoyed his dad ...... ring any bells? These things made the viewer feel more relaxed with the character. I take my hat off to the writers on that front, and also for many other things not mentioned. Thank you.

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