I think there are some benefits to acknowledging that there is a blurry boundary between being a child and an adult. What is awesome about children is that they can have very simple faults like being greedy or aggressive, sometimes jealous, possessive. They know what they want, food, love, attention. But unlike adults, they have not learned to cover that up with hypocricy or feel ashamed of it.. They are not that good at cheating, and have little to no self delusion, and they have those little bobbly heads, which is awesome. I think the average child is more endearing than the average adult, actually. So yes, I think it is sometimes kinder to look for the inner child in yourself and other people. It's too easy to get frustrated with adults!