The myth of childhood has an even greater parallel in the myth of Femininity. Both women and children were considered asexual and thus"purer" than man. Their inferior status was ill-concealed under an elaborate "respect."
There is some irony in the fact that children imagine that parents can do what they want, and parents imagine that children do. "When I grow up…" parallels "Oh to be a child again…"
There is some irony in the fact that children imagine that parents can do what they want, and parents imagine that children do.