Though I disagree with jdietrich's analysis of the rest of the article, I agree with the thing about age-appropriateness. I also think he showed pretty clearly

Though I disagree with jdietrich's analysis of the rest of the article, I agree with the thing about age-appropriateness. I also think he showed pretty clearly that he remembers his own childhood, and uses that to validate his feelings about "age-appropriateness", rather than parenthood. I am not a parent, and I had a good enough childhood (though I think I could have been given better schooling), but I have a four year old niece and she definitely is a person with her own worldview and her own feelings. I can have a conversation with her as I can with somebody else, regardless of age. If you take people seriously, no matter what they look like, I promise you that you will have a richer life.