Depends on what skills and type of stats you want kid to have.For instance, you want to convert a kid into physical attack powerhouse, make sure the pop is one if the mother isn't already. Cordelia and Sumia are pains to keep alive early on but train them to be Dark Fliers and get Galeforce before recruiting their kids, and any of their daughters can become dangerous and not have to take the normal pegasus path of development to get that skill.

Personally, I have two files going right now, one classic and one casual, in both, Kjelle has been a rock for me, I've paired Sully up with my Avatar and Gaius but in both cases Kjelle seems easier to level up due to her defense and inheriting the Pavis skill and from knight to Great Knight, she becomes a powerhouse that winds up occassionally popping out critical or Ignis or Lethality  attacks every other encounter.  That being said, I damn near maxed out 5 or 6 of Cynthia's stats with Chrom as her pops... but Kjelle was right behind her before I had to reclass them both.

Worst thing about this game is seeing all those red minus stats decreases when you shift classes.

Sounds doubly unfortunate for you then! :/

And you've done all relationships? Is that even possible?

All relationships = all children, meaning i've gotten everyone paired off (only Anna and Donnell remain loveless)

It is slowly proving to be a major quagmire (although Owain getting Zeal from his father was advantageous), again, i'll have to pay much closer attention to pairings in the future.

So here's the SpotPass for this week:

Name	Class	Lv	HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Mov	W. Rank	Equipment	Skills
Prince Marth	Lodestar	25	68	31	12	35	34	39+4	24	15	6	A	Noble Rapier	Charm, Luck +4, Dual Strike+, Dual Guard+, Dual Support+
Caeda	Pegasus Knight	10	24	10	3	12	18+2	17	9	14	7	C	Killer Lance	Speed +2, Avoid +10
Ogma	Hero	15	58	29	0	34	33	28	24	11	6	B  C	Silver Sword	Armsthrift, Patience, Sol, Axebreaker, Wrath
Navarre	Swordmaster	20	55	27+5	7	42	43	35	20	17	6	A	Killing Edge	Avoid +10, Vantage, Astra, Swordfaire, Tantivy
Merric	Mage	19	34	5	18+2	14	19	15	12	8	5	A	Excalibur	Magic +2, Focus, Tantivy
Nyna	Sage	1	25	1	13	11	15	18	6	14	6	D  C	Elthunder, Mend	Miracle, Healtouch, Demoiselle
Linde	Mage	14	26	0	14+2	15	17	17	5	8	5	C	Arcthunder	Magic +2, Focus, Patience
Minerva	Wyvern Lord	9	49	26+2	5	21	25	15	28	10	8	C  A	Hauteclere	Strength +2, Tantivy, Quick Burn, Charm
Tiki	Manakete	25	46	22+11	12+6	15+5	19+4	23	18+13	19+9	6	-	Dragonstone+	Odd Rhythm, Wyrmsbane, Slow Burn
Gharnef	Sorcerer	20	60	18	35	34	31	14	29	33	6	A	Goetia	Hex, Anathema, Vengeance, Tomebreaker, Lifetaker

Good news for Shadow Dragon fans! Some pretty good units there as well...also, there's a new Paralogue out, Paralogue 19: Irreconcilable Paths (note you can only accept this after clearing the final numerical Chapter). The below is taken from here:

The risen  are monsters devoid of souls, seemingly owing allegiance to no one. There is one place, however, where even the Risen bend the knee to single man and serve as his loyal soldiers. One man who is master of the Risen...

Huh, i thought Tiki was recruitable in Awakening proper?

:(

She is.

Now i'm confused. Why is she both there and in SpotPass?

I think this is a much older Tiki, the same one as in Shadow Dragon but older. Don't know the specifics though...

Awakening Tiki is a defensive monster, especially equipped with DragonStone+. She's awesome.

No, that part i get, you meet her after Chapter 16 (though no recruitment yet. I had heard people complaining about the difficulty of her recruitment chapter on other sites). I guess the Spotpass Tiki is the younger one?