Brian Maclaren on the subject of children

I was given the book Why Did Jesus, Moses, the Buddha and Mohammed Cross the Road? by Brian Maclaren for Christmas.  Thought provoking reading.  So far, the main gem I have come away with - which makes SO much sense on many levels, not just spiritual - is that we gain our sense of identity in part by our reaction to and rejection of the 'other'.  It chimes with a psychology thesis I wrote  at College many many years ago.  So I was fascinated to read an interview with him in Children's Work magazine here.