As a Little Child

"We have little or no trust that a child's knowledge is real knowledge, that their play is important work, or that the animated world they inhabit is as true as the Newtonian world we prefer. We believe firmly that we have to teach them and that we have nothing to learn from them. In an enchanted world, it would make sense to let children do some of the teaching and to give lessons in what they know best-- play, animism, and charm, the very things our culture lacks.

-- Thomas Moore, The Re-Enchantment of Everyday Life