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9moOne of my favorite topics! Absolutely agree with you. There is a big risk of missing actual kids by making ux personas based on standard adult parameters or the ones you mention. It’s a paradox, but in this case the persona tool might put us deeper in our assumptions box instead of bringing us closer to the children. I’ve actually started creating a kids persona template that tries to take in account question that can help in learning about your young audience. Combined with the habitual continuous research, of course.