Above all, though, children are linked to adults by the simple fact that they are in process of turning into them. For this they may be forgiven much. Children are bound to be inferior to adults, or there is no incentive to grow up.
Credulity is belief in slight evidence, with no evidence, or against evidence.
Writers are frequently asked why they wrote their first book. A more interesting answer might come from asking them why they wrote their second one.