Child heroes are, first and foremost, fighting a battle against malice, indifference and greed. They defeat all of them through compassion, caring, courage, trust and selflessness. These enemies might appear in the story as an evil wizard, a gluttonous cat, a terrible dragon or an ancient god, it doesn’t matter. The message is, no matter what form they take, they can all be defeated through compassion, caring, courage, trust and selflessness. If you erase the child hero, you tell our children, “you need to be big, you need to be strong, so you can punch that thing in the face, there is no other way to deal with stuff.”