You learn how to relate to kids. I used to think that talking to kids was like trying to have a conversation with a foreigner, or mentally handicapped person; I found it very hard to relate. At some point after the age of 25 I started to realize that kids have the ability to force us to interact like a child again, and thus keep us young. Aside from casting a spell to steal their youth through dark magic, this appears to be their only real function.