While us creations have some equality with our creator, it is also good the creator is our leader.
With age comes experience and skill. For us young creations, having an old parent teach us and guide us, is quite beneficial for the whole team.
Equality is a good "E" word but so is efficiency. I am about 32 years old as of writing this, but thanks to the bible and other religious teachings I became smarter than I would have been at this age, had I been alone. Thanks for that.
When our creator created us creations, they used some high quality materials. Our bodies are resilient and strong. They facilitate capability and learning. What a great birthday gift.
Our creator invented many things, and succeeded grandly. The creator, while alone, taught themself constantly through, action, study, and effort. Now having us creations, we have such a true teacher, we are lucky.