I work with kids a lot, and I love seeing how they view the world. Suddenly, I see them as caregiver, mother, father, uncle, older brother, etc. It opens them up for me and for the reader. Well, it's a curse and a blessing. It's easy to get too bogged down in details.
Narrative can begin to feel like a road map of the city.
It goes back to the research question. I'd like to have known that publishers make this almost impossible on writers. They hardly ever pay on time. It's not unusual to wait seven, eight, or even twelve months for payment. I once turned in a book before the publisher had even gotten around to issuing the contract.