Dwarf children keep playing in the dump

[Morannon]

So I finally got around to building a trash compactor, but for some reason the dang kids seem to want to just play in it constantly. I finally got sick of it and just smashed one of the stupid little urchins (Urist McGarbagePile has been missing for over a week!), but is there any way to keep them from playing in the dang garbage pile? I've already marked it a restricted traffic area.

But it seems that the kids haul stuff to the dump, then just hang out there afterwards for EVER.

[shoopy]

Disable chores for children. Whenever they have a job, they have a tendency to stop on the spot and play around. It's just how they are.

[Morkonan]

Disable corpse hauling for them and other jobs that take them near corpses - They have a good chance to get traumatized and then you'll have a bunch of Tantrum Kids after awhile.

There are few things you can do for them since they're children. I've lost several kids and had plenty of destroyed workshops and the like because of that. You also can't punish/jail them, either, because they're kids.

[McFuzz]

I heard they prefer playing in guild halls. Set one up.

[Morkonan]

Originally posted by Frank McFuzz:

I heard they prefer playing in guild halls. Set one up.

You can put Toys in a small Storage Zone to encourage that - They're attracted to Toys. Whenever I'm making them, they crowd the production floor until all the Toys are distributed.

[The Fireman]

I had hoped that a childhood of hauling corpses and playing with bones would harden my civilization. Sadly it just lead to emotionally traumatized adults with super strength throwing deadly tantrums.

Now I just send emotionally troubled citizens to live in our other conquered goblin village out of sight and out of mind, sort of like sending them all to an asylum.

DF is the best.

[Tablescraps]

You could redesign your garbage pit so that they throw the corpses into a chute, with the atom smasher at the bottom. Lock the door or build a wall to block anybody from getting into the chute, only let them have access to the top where the hole is.
Protip: if a garbage pit zone is adjacent to a channel (AKA, an open drop to a lower Z level), dorfs will throw stuff into the channel.