The study of children in the past provides bioarchaeologists with the opportunity to understand not only the health and wellbeing of a society, but various forms of identity and power structures. In this study, I will present findings on subadult remains from the Ecuadorian Early Formative Valdivian Buen Suceso site, to gain a deeper understanding of the health and nutrition of the subadult remains in relation to underlying power structures. Thus, in this study I evaluate non-specific signs of stress, demographic information (age), and the burial of children in special contexts. This has led to further insights into the lived experience of subadult remains at Buen Suceso, as the ubiquity of lesions across this sample showcases that these individuals suffered from long term low-grade stress and were clearly buried in special contexts.