Is Sunday School theological child abuse?

What a great and provocative question! And I find Paul Tyson’s reflection on it fascinating. Here’s just a taste:

Now I am a professional theologian and I have four young daughters. In my experience your average child is far more theologically astute than your average adult. Children have not yet lost their taste for profundity, they are open to wonder and they have a thirst for satisfying meaning that most adults are simply too busy or uninterested to match. Belief – deep and open to God – is also often quite natural for children. This being the case, I cannot see why today’s kids should have any different response to what I had as a child in Sunday school – serious boredom.