It works with my brother. Dear GOD, I bet it is very hard for You to love all of everybody in the whole world. There are only 4 people in our family and I can never do it. Ya gotta love 'em. Jesus obviously did.
Youngsters appear regularly in the gospel narratives.
And Jesus obviously appreciated the perspective of children - he went so far as to make that startling statement that unless we have the kind of faith that children have, we will miss out on the Kingdom. A little, maybe. Actually, I think the childlike quality Jesus means most is the sense of wonder about life, the curiosity that is evident in those letters to God, the obvious joy in being alive, happily ready for whatever new adventure might come along. But for all the warm, fuzzy things we say about children, the other side of that coin is that children are often a big nuisance. They interrupt sleep schedules.