And needless to say, adults do not do that when it comes to God either. To come up with an answer, I think we would have to look at what makes children and adults really different, and then hone in on that. The one that jumps to my mind comes from all the snow. I hated it and the kids loved it. Think about it.
Kids can get fun out of the rain.
Daddy and Mommy do not like rain. We get wet, and we do not like to get wet. It is dangerous to get wet. We might get pneumonia and die. If it rains, we must carry an umbrella, but if we carry an umbrella, we might lose it, and that is even worse than getting wet.