What&#x27;s the advantage of kids being kids for a while? So that parents can have cute young people to play with for a little longer?<p>Some people may enjoy their childhood, but I don&#x27;t see why they wouldn&#x27;t similarly enjoy life as younger adults. Kids learn to read earlier, then they move on to more productive pursuits earlier.<p>If anything, I think it&#x27;s insane that we encourage people to behave like children well into their 20&#x27;s (c.f. college students complaining about costumes that are too scary). Historically we didn&#x27;t do this; the real question is what is the long term effect of treating 15-22 year olds like children.