Even when I was a kid, I had a good thing with kids. To this day, if I go to a birthday party with one of my kids, I swear to you, I am so much happier hanging out with my kids and their friends than talking to the grown-ups.

Levy frames his ease with children as a lifelong disposition rather than a skill acquired through parenthood. The quote contrasts the spontaneity and playfulness of kids’ social worlds with the performative small talk of adult gatherings, suggesting that genuine connection often feels easier in spaces less governed by status, self-consciousness, or conversational scripts. It also implies a parenting ethos grounded in presence: valuing time spent on children’s terms and taking their friendships seriously. More broadly, the remark gestures toward creativity and curiosity—traits often associated with childhood—that some adults retain and find more nourishing than conventional adult socializing.