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[bentbloodline]

Yes. For those born with the ability, bending shows up at some point in childhood. Usually no later than the age of eight, but often earlier. Fortunately, it's much weaker in childhood than in adulthood...although that didn't stop me from being a little terror in snowball fights as a boy.

[He doesn't have a lot of great childhood memories associate with bending, but being a waterbender kid in a snowball fight was always pretty great. He'll never deny that.]

[ghettobatman]

I can imagine. [Especially if it's a commonplace thing -- children wouldn't need to hide their powers, like he had to. They could be open about their abilities, they wouldn't need to hide it.]

[But even that is a bit of a fantasy. Chances are, it wouldn't be that easy]

Is there stigma surrounding the abilities?

[Well.]

[bentbloodline]

Not particularly. There is a group in the United Republic called the Equalists who believe bending is the source of all evil and oppression in the world...but they are domestic terrorists and their opinion does not reflect population as a whole. While it is true that there are criminals who use their bending to coerce and hurt people, the majority of benders are ordinary citizens who don't cause problems for anyone.

[Granted, there are specific bending abilities that are regarded as especially dangerous, but it's not quite the same as being stigmatized when there's a logical reason for it.]

There's actually a very popular sport centered around bending. It's simply known as pro-bending, and involves teams of three. One waterbender, one earthbender and one firebender.