He's suggesting that the reason we find child-inventions impressive is because they're children doing it. "Rich manufacturing-savvy parents fund child's idea" i

He's suggesting that the reason we find child-inventions impressive is because they're children doing it. "Rich manufacturing-savvy parents fund child's idea" is far more par-for-the-course. I'd imagine it would be quite routine for children to "invent" things with such parents --- how many are tinkerers as children? A lot.