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Robert,
I hope you won't mind that I retouched your artwork to illustrate several things that I thought would help your drawing. And just before I posted my response I noted Steven's comments and also added some shadow under the chin as he suggested. I also agree that it is a very good drawing.
The first thing I noticed was the teeth. I'm getting better but dislike having to do them. I didn't use a kneaded eraser but tried to do the same by underplaying the divisions in both subjects.
Lights and darks in the sweater on the child to the viewers left seemed to have too much going on and the transition around the neck was too pronounced. You will also note some changes to the shadow line where face and sweater meet on both sides and I lightened shadow where the turtleneck meets the body of the sweater. It seemed too strong.
You did a fine job on the hair but again I couldn't help myself and softened the young man's hair at a few places to break up the outline on our left side.
I'm sure you will notice other little touches that you may or may not like or wish to change.
Keep up the good work.
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