*CHILD/*CHILDREN - DEPENDENT,
"You must be like a child to enter the kingdom of God" (Matt ) means that we need to be receptive and open-minded like a child is.
The child's mind, however, is in a non-dual state. The child's personality is as yet whole - the split is eventually imposed by the adults around the child and the society in which the child lives. (http://www.experiencefestival.com/a/Peace_of_Mind/id/219781)
When I was a child, I thought like a child, now I am an adult. (Augustine?)
Like a child means the lest powerful of society. (Fransican Freyers 8/13/96)
Jesus invites us to become like little children, to imitate their innocence, confidence, and direct contact with reality. (Open Mind, p84)
When you address yourselves to him, become again as children; for you know neither the past, present, nor the future and God is the Master of all time. (Lost Years, p238)
If children, then heirs, heirs of God, and fellow heirs of Christ, provided we suffer w/ him in order that we may also be glorified w/ him. (Rom 8:17)