Bruce not doing this enough is one of the reasons Jason turned out like he did.Needless to say when Bruce went missing for awhile Tim had issues. Tim's last name was even changed to Drake-Wayne. Bruce also sort of had this with Tim after Tim's father (his only remaining parent by that point) died.And since Damian and Bruce clash like crazy, Dick was in this position even after Bruce got back (at least until the reboot). In Batman's absence, Dick Grayson is forced to take both his mantle and responsibility for the Bat-Family, specifically his little adoptive brother Damian.Still another, when a swinging bachelor/bachelorette uncle/aunt is unexpectedly saddled with guardianship of a nephew/niece. Another way would be when a woman finds out she is pregnant and has to step up to being a parent whether or not she is ready for it yet. This usually can range from the traditional accidental conception ("I'm your daughter/son.") to the scifi clone. For instance, when someone childless (likely a man) finds out of the blue that he has a child he didn't know about. In some cases, it's just that the adults are too incompetent to handle the job or the family is just that big, and thus the eldest children end up having to back up Mom and Dad. ![]() It's kind of the opposite of the Puberty Superpower, with plenty of angst as the kids age towards the cut-off and/or their ability to perform their job wanes with increasing age. Thus, this variant is most likely to have the cut-off be puberty. This is generally because only those of "pure heart" or some such can do it, and adults are too corrupted. In some rare instances, there are still adults around but children get drafted as a Parental Substitute because of some combination of importance, dangerousness and difficulty. Smaller-scale versions include the plane crash that strands a family while killing or incapacitating the parents and the Neverland scenario, in which a bunch of kids have run away from home or are otherwise isolated. If this takes place on a society-wide level, it's a Teenage Wasteland: the strongest of the survivors, where "strongest" usually equals "oldest", end up taking the younger survivors under their wings, forming pseudo-familial units in which the older kids are the "parents" and the younger ones are "children". ![]() (Westerns make use of this a lot.) Sometimes the oldest kid of a one-parent family tries to take some responsibility off the parent too. Truth in Television, although it's more common on the frontiers of civilization and when families were larger and more spread out in ages. Becoming a sibling-parent often makes a child Wise Beyond Their Years. If they get Trapped in Another World themselves, they'll expect to be fully responsible for their charges' safety, even to the point of Heroic Sacrifice. On a positive note, the sibling-parent is usually within the Competence Zone, and will be understanding if you have to Wake Up, Go to School, Save the World.
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