Interviews and reasons

I've just completed a small interview on community radio.  And one of the questions perennially asked is why do you write for children?

  Hmmm.
Is it because you can think like them?( read: get down to their level)
What sort of language do you use? ( read no big words)

That made me really think.

Here are my reasons for writing for children:

I can really try different ideas, story lines, formats.  To me children's writing is more creative and experimental than writing for adults.

I am surrounded by children, my own( forgive me they are now adults with children of their own) and with grandchildren.  I love their inventiveness in terms of reasoning and in terms of language.

I am a trained primary school teacher with years of literacy training and encouraging both adults and children to write( and read)

And I love the wide audience of children's readers.

I love to put hope and joy in my writing and wonder.

And I love to read children's literature.

Anyone out there want to add their reasons?