Hello there.

[TopHatAndTea]

Greetings, my fellow authours. I have joined exceedingly recently and have a question concerning the submission policy of this Website. Now, obviously the stories published cannot have explicit sexual conduct with underage characters for... obvious reasons. HOWEVER! Can the stories have underage characters used exclusively for the plot?

Please help. I have genuinely debated this for... a lot :3

 

[BeechLeaf]

You can have children in stories. No problem. You can't have them anywhere near sexual content, though. Not explicit content, not watching, not thinking about it, not hinting or suggesting anything. Don't try to sneak underage characters into the sexual parts of the story. This is a very strict policy.

 

[TopHatAndTea]

Awesome! Thank you so much, BeechLeaf. Much appreciated!

 

[TarnishedPenny]

Good question and welcome to the AH!

 

[RejectReality]

It's best if you get any underage character well out of range before the naughty bits start to remove any hint of ambiguity. If the kids live in the house where the sex is going to happen, drop something in there about them going to school, or grandmas, or something of that nature. Or take it to a hotel. Things like that.