Jean-Luc Hated Kids In TNG But He Changed His Mind In Star Trek: Picard

Throughout Star Trek: The Next Generation, Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) made it very clear that he did not care for children, but he had softened a bit by the time of Star Trek: Picard. As Captain of the USS Enterprise-D, Picard could hold his own against god-like aliens, devious Romulans, and the Borg, but he became visibly uncomfortable around children. In the series premiere of TNG, Picard even specifically asks his new First Officer Commander William Riker (Jonathan Frakes) to “keep [him] from making an a** of [himself] with children.” Jean-Luc fully acknowledges that he is not a family man, and while he would hold on to this view for a long time, it wouldn’t last forever.