Is It Your Opinion That Directors of Kiddie Movies Are Kids Themselves?

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Okay I had started a discussion asking if fellow MyLotters would admit though while being a sophisticated "adult" if they watch kids movies. Then I thought of another angle to kiddie movies and shows in general...and even could extend to children's books as well. Now obviously all children oriented movies and books are written by adults...maybe the rare exception might be Christopher Paolini who began his "Eragon" series while still in high school...crap...could you write a book like that while in high school?? Anyway, the thought occurred to me, that directors, screenwriters of movies, or authors of children orientated stories just must have the child within themselves otherwise how could they direct or write such stories? For instance, while he has written/produced and/or directed very "heavy duty" movies, such as Schindler's List, Steven Spielberg is probably more remembered for his more children's orientated viewpoint of things, that is seeing from a children's viewpoint as we find in that great classic of his E.T.....to my mind if your not bawling your brains out with this movie you're not human. Another great writer/director...George Lucas...While maybe not exactly a children's story he thought up the basis of what would be Star Wars while as a young teenager with a severe health problem that left him pretty much bedridden. Beatrix Potter (whom I adore even now) grew up in strict, straight-laced standards, stricter than most Victorian households, yet she not only created spectacular art work but created her famous series of children's books beginning with Peter Rabbit over a hundred years ago...who knows? Maybe to escape the oppressiveness of her family upbringing...J.M. Barrie may have written Peter Pan to forget the personal tragedies in his own life and to do that wrote a children's book. Zooming up...J.K. Rowling got the brainstorm for probably one of the most successful series of our modern time, that is Harry Potter and she did so while a single mother, living on the end of poverty, receiving welfare and once even considered committing suicide due to severe depression. Another great author I think is Roald Dahl who wrote Matilda and later became a charming movie. Then of course, there's director Andrew Adamson, who has brought the Chronicles of Narnia series alive and in my mind in spectacular fashion--he was also responsible for the Shrek movies So I can't help thinking....do you think that anyone of these directors, screenwriters, animators (of cartoons) or authors who focus on children's orientated stories and bring them alive have kept the child within themselves and see things from a child's perspective? Have any of you ventured into writing children's stories? While I like to think of myself as a writer, have done some short stories and working on novels and like to think I have the child within...I seem to have a snag at the idea of writing a children's book...though just maybe one of my novels in the works might qualify..LOL