I would be tempted to recommend 'Son of Man' by Phil Collins (used in Disney's Tarzan IIRC).
Oh, the power to be strong
And the wisdom to be wise
All these things will
come to you in time
On this journey that you're making
There'll be answers that you'll seek
And it's you who'll climb the mountain
It's you who'll reach the peak
Son of Man, look to the sky
Lift your spirit, set it free
Some day you'll walk tall with pride
Son of Man, a man in time you'll be
Though there's no one there to guide you
No one to take your hand
But with faith and understanding
You will journey from boy to man
As for kids using Handwavium, one of the things that should really scare 'established authority' is that Kids really can use it just about as well as anyone else. Muscle power would probably be fairly limited in range, but I don't see any reason that pushbikes couldn't be an economic means of moving between ships and/or space stations in reasonable proximity. Heck, there's almost certainly a decent number of Handwavium'd Harley Davidsons.
I suspect that kids would fall into three catagories:
1) plucky youngsters out on their own. This is a space opera so they're mandatory in the genre. Includes both stowaways and kids who can get around on their own. The latter are more likely to be treated as adults than the former, but if they are willing to work for a living...
2) second generation Fens. They think it's exciting and new and have, if anything, less self-preservation than any other group. Mostly found in 'family businesses' or in the mid- to large-sized settlements.
3) the non-Fen offspring of Fens. Adolsecent rebellion by trying to be mundane as well as genuinely missing a safer environment. Getting back to earth is relatively easy for them once they're old enough but many of them aren't old enough or have trouble integrating back into Earth society. They may develop a non-Fen culture in space, eventually but this is years away.
D for Drakensis
You're only young once, but immaturity is forever.
Oh, the power to be strong
And the wisdom to be wise
All these things will
come to you in time
On this journey that you're making
There'll be answers that you'll seek
And it's you who'll climb the mountain
It's you who'll reach the peak
Son of Man, look to the sky
Lift your spirit, set it free
Some day you'll walk tall with pride
Son of Man, a man in time you'll be
Though there's no one there to guide you
No one to take your hand
But with faith and understanding
You will journey from boy to man
As for kids using Handwavium, one of the things that should really scare 'established authority' is that Kids really can use it just about as well as anyone else. Muscle power would probably be fairly limited in range, but I don't see any reason that pushbikes couldn't be an economic means of moving between ships and/or space stations in reasonable proximity. Heck, there's almost certainly a decent number of Handwavium'd Harley Davidsons.
I suspect that kids would fall into three catagories:
1) plucky youngsters out on their own. This is a space opera so they're mandatory in the genre. Includes both stowaways and kids who can get around on their own. The latter are more likely to be treated as adults than the former, but if they are willing to work for a living...
2) second generation Fens. They think it's exciting and new and have, if anything, less self-preservation than any other group. Mostly found in 'family businesses' or in the mid- to large-sized settlements.
3) the non-Fen offspring of Fens. Adolsecent rebellion by trying to be mundane as well as genuinely missing a safer environment. Getting back to earth is relatively easy for them once they're old enough but many of them aren't old enough or have trouble integrating back into Earth society. They may develop a non-Fen culture in space, eventually but this is years away.
D for Drakensis
You're only young once, but immaturity is forever.