I agree with the gist of your post, I think I'd just say that, when making observations, it's careful to qualify them. Instead of "kids are like sponges with l

I agree with the gist of your post, I think I'd just say that, when making observations, it's careful to qualify them. Instead of "kids are like sponges with languages" you can say "most kids are like sponges with languages". (I'm nitpicking, my comments aren't trying to say you did something wrong - I just wanted to point out that what you said only applies to most kids, not all.)