This 12 - year old might alarm, evoke jealousy and cause righteous concern among a few

Trust, reciprocal learning, playing with ideas, being wildly optimistic and not living down to other people's puny expectations - works for me.

(And I know you won't let anyone tell you, Adora, that you've been robbed of your childhood when, in fact,  you're expressing one of many possibilities of what childhood may be)

Do you think we've got a lot to learn from children? Do adults suffer from a loss of childlike curiosity, boldness and optimism?