I've read some child psychology that suggests that it takes children a while to recognise that the things they experience are completely different from those around them, that when they do things they don't immediately appreciate that the adults around them don't know what they've done. So you could in fact have the opposite of telepathy, thought projection, so that the prominent figures in the child's life will be bombarded with the child's thoughts.
Then, as the child gets older, they get a handle on the world and become aware of how they can manipulate it, and people. So a degree of emotion manipulation isn't a stretch either, almost as an evolution of thought projection.
But I'm reminded of two pop cultural references. The Incredibles, of course, is the obvious reference point, with the characters exhibiting abilities that reflect their personalities (such as the hyper kid, the girl who feels invisible, the mother who stretches beyond her normal capabilities to look after her children). But there's also a Simpsons episode, a Halloween special, where Bart is able to change reality at whim, tapping into his young kid's titanic ego to just get what he wants. That's a pretty cool power (with some serious drawbacks for everyone around).
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>
> This is a terrifying, TERRIFYING premise.
>
> A baby girl's main impulse is to not be separated from
> Mommy, almost to the point of being the same entity
> (again). Off the top of my head, the baby can access
> Mom's memories (yes, ALL OF THEM) and sort of parasitize
> Mom's brain... maybe also teleport herself to mom, or mom to
> self, at will.
>
> The two-year-old? Invulnerable flier maybe?
>
> As for either of the others, their powers might just turn
> them into "grown-ups" -- or into their immature idea of what
> "grown-ups" are...
>
> > (I'm thinking, for the mom, who has been portrayed as
> very harried and desperate for relief from the stresses of
> looking after four young children by herself, I'll give her
> some kind of self-duplicating power, possibly with a "Power
> of No" style power where if she shouts NO loudly enough she
> can stop, well, anything, if she's got the points for it)
>
> That, or super-speed/"bullet time".
>
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