I felt the same way. It is worse still in that I have never considered children as human beings -- I've always seen them as monster like. I then came back and re-read the post and had a realization. This is how I have learned to talk to my supervisor! I think I will now have to read this book in case it helps with other human beings.

kids are people. people are kids. People are just as out of control as kids are when it comes to dealing with their emotions or the emotions of others. You may need to make the implementation more sophisticated but the general theory is all there and all correct.