kid stuff

kid stuff

1. That which is only suitable for young children, especially from the perspective of an older child or adolescent. She asked the boy if he wanted to color with crayons, but he said he didn't like that sort of kid stuff. Now that she's 13, she has no interest in kid stuff like cartoons or make-believe.
2. By extension, something that is very easy to understand, achieve, or use, especially when encountered by someone of a more advanced level. I was expecting to be challenged a bit more in the new job, but most of it is proving to be kid stuff to me. Do you have anything more difficult? This book is kid stuff.
3. slang Marijuana (due to it being seen as a "soft" drug). Don't bother offering any blow to Marty. He doesn't want to try anything besides the kid stuff.
See also: kid, stuff
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

kid stuff

Something very easy or uncomplicated, as in That new computer program is kid stuff. This usage alludes to something suitable for young children, or "kids." [c. 1920]
See also: kid, stuff
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

kid stuff

n. marijuana, a drug for beginners. (Drugs.) He’s still using kid stuff.
See also: kid, stuff
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • kid's stuff
  • kids' stuff
  • snotnose kid
  • snotnose(d) kid
  • snotnosed
  • snotnosed kid
  • from (one's) perspective
  • from my perspective
  • there are other (good) fish in the sea
  • there are plenty more pebbles on the beach
References in periodicals archive
The contributors to Kid Stuff, a collection of 11 essays, do want action, but first and foremost they are empiricists.
Teenage wasteland: critics on the left and right falsely portray kids as passive victims of mass media
Kid stuff, yes, but such delightful wallowing in forbidden pleasures evokes audience envy.
Bring in the tap
And yet, here's your "Skeptical Eye" columnist raving about kid stuff like rap music, computer video, comic books, and Mad magazine.
Tales from the crypt
In "More than kid stuff," which starts on page 32 in this issue, Wendy Bonifazi examines how several facilities are implementing successful intergenerational programs and the substantial benefits they are yielding.
Winning combination
Rather than an innocence of perception, "kid stuff" in this context implies the scariness of the world.
"Sunshine & Noir: Art in L.A. 1960-1997." (painting, various artists, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Louisiana)
It's a shame that CRI must depend so heavily on excerpts, but this collection offers challenges to the intelligence that make those Out Classics anthologies sound like kid stuff. Performers include Cowell and Partch as well as cherished contemporary music specialists such as pianist Maro Ajemian and the New Music Quartet.
Gay American Composers, vol. 2
But animal play is still mainly kid stuff. See for yourself this summer at your local wildlife conservation park.
The serious business of animal play
Kid stuff: Nicole poses with two girls in national costume
Nic's China dolls