comparing conventions of a children's film and ours

The classic children's film conventions we have stuck to are; having a child protagonist, making the child succeed things that are generally unachievable by a child and involving light violence which is a large attraction for children.

Our film opening sticks to the conventions of Home Alone (a professional children's film) as it has the normal credits at the beginning and is set around a child's view of things (Kevin's view of Christmas day). Another similarity is the independence of the protagonist but them still being portrayed as a child (Kevin putting in a smart complaint about his uncle yet still being told off for going on his mum's bed and Max who is running around the woods as an agent then being told to come in by his mum). The Protagonists are shown as independent as children like to relate to the main character but not if the child is immature and strongly portrayed as "just a kid".