Seeing through the eyes of a child

Today was the second time in a month that a child has asked me if I'm Misty Copeland, famous for being the first African American principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre and currently ballet's major ambassador in pop culture (and today's query came after I had taught the child's ballet audition class, so she had interacted with me a fair amount before asking me).  The first time it happened, it just struck me as amusing, but this time, I was struck with what a fascinating reveal that is about how these children look at the world around them and what they actually see in people when they look at them.  In both cases, other children heard the question, and in neither case did any child laugh or say that was a silly question; they just looked at me for my response.  If only adults could look at people and see first what these children see first....