I don't think children are any more resilent than anyone else. They're just people with little bodies.
It was always disappointing to see that what I could really master in terms of form boiled down to so little.
My first car was a 1976 Toyota Corolla Liftback in red, like the one in 'The Blues Brothers.' I painted a Union Jack on the roof. I was absolutely in love with it until I destroyed it, which broke my heart!