The Little Prince and Narrow-Mindedness - The Reality Conflict

Gosh, I'm really shredding this book apart. Okay, now I want to talk about the theme of "narrow-mindedness" in the book "The Little Prince" by Antoine De Saint Exupery and how it conflicts with the truth.
A message that was being spoon-fed to readers - "Adults are narrow-minded, unlike children.
"For the most part, The Little Prince characterizes narrow-mindedness as a trait of adults. In the very first chapter, the narrator draws a sharp contrast between the respective ways grown-ups and children view the world. He depicts grown-ups as unimaginative, dull, superficial, and stubbornly sure that their limited perspective is the only one possible. He depicts children, on the other hand, as imaginative, open-minded, and aware of and sensitive to the mystery and beauty of the world.

In the story’s opening pages, the narrator explains that grown-ups lack the imagination to see his Drawing Number One, which represents a boa constrictor swallowing an elephant, as anything other than a hat. As the story progresses, other examples of the blindness of adults emerge. As the little prince travels from planet to planet, the six adults he encounters proudly reveal their character traits, whose contradictions and shortcomings the little prince then exposes."

A child could easily tell you otherwise. The opposite is apparent to anyone who can recall preschool. In preschool there is a certain hierarchy. If you don't dress like Barbie or don't know the names of the teletubbies, you are an outcast of sorts. Children are cruel. We are all born selfish creatures. Tolerance is a learned thing. Manners must be taught painstakingly to children, else they turn out horrid monsters.

I thoroughly disagree with the idea that children are open-minded. If anything, adults are more so, their minds have been given time to explore and mature. The concept that a child is more open-minded than an adult is silly. To an adult, it may seem plausible. But, as a child, I know.