Sept. 9, 2025 – At this time, TIME and TIME for Children reveal the 2025 Child of the Yr, recognizing one distinctive younger particular person making the world a brighter place.
This 12 months’s recipient is 17-year-old Tejasvi Manoj. Tejasvi is acknowledged for growing Protect Seniors, a web site designed to coach adults age 60 and over about on-line scams, analyze suspicious emails and supply hyperlinks to report them.
Manoj tells TIME: “I began volunteering in sixth grade…I feel it’s actually necessary; for those who’re fortunate your self, you wish to make sure that different folks really feel liked and fortunate too. It simply makes me really feel actually completely satisfied, figuring out that I could make a distinction.”
— Learn the quilt story and watch the interview with 2025 Kid of the Year Tejasvi Manoj.
— See the TIME cover, that includes {a photograph} by Zerb Mellish.
Of the 2025 alternative, TIME’s Jeffrey Kluger writes: “Tejasvi was acknowledged with an honorable point out within the 2024 Congressional App Problem; delivered a 2025 TEDx speak in Plano, Texas, about the necessity to construct “digital bridges” to all demographics; and makes occasional appearances at native assisted-living services, demonstrating her web site and educating seminars about cybercrime.”
“At TIME, we commonly profile world leaders and next-generation changemakers. Child of the Yr elevates the very youngest, recognizing their accomplishments as they chart a course towards a brighter future,” stated TIME for Children editor-in-chief Andrea Delbanco. “We’re giving children a platform, and watching them use it to encourage different younger folks to observe of their footsteps.”
Greg Weatherford II, director, The Allstate Basis and Social Affect:
“The Allstate Basis is proud to associate with TIME to raise youth-led service by the Child of the Yr. This displays our mission to assist younger folks and showcase the impression they will have when given the sources, alternatives, and encouragement to serve. This 12 months’s honoree is a real epitome of that, and we’re thrilled to elevate up her journey and dedication to group. Their story is a robust testomony to the concept that the subsequent era isn’t ready to guide – they already are.”
To pick out the 2025 Child of the Yr, TIME editors and writers performed analysis to determine stand-out children within the U.S. ages 8-17. For the primary time, TIME additionally evaluated submissions to the TIME for Children Service Stars program, which honors younger leaders who’re making the world a brighter place. Service Stars, developed in partnership with The Allstate Basis, helps all younger folks to serve and enhance communities and shines a lightweight on children who’re positively impacting others.
The 2025 TIME Child of the Yr is made attainable by unique associate The Allstate Foundation, a nonprofit that’s dedicated to empowering youth ages 5 to 25 to serve and enhance communities
The 2025 Child of the Yr is accessible on time.com now and can seem within the September 29 subject of TIME, out there on newsstands on September 19. It’s going to even be featured within the TIME for Children Service Stars particular subject, in lecture rooms and on-line at timeforkids.com beginning September 25.
###
Put up Views: 12
