Looks good to me!

Forgot: I don't know what they're trying to say with pliant, so I suggest leaving it alone.

Forgot: I don't know what they're trying to say with pliant, so I suggest leaving it alone.

works for me :-)

Forgot: I don't know what they're trying to say with pliant, so I suggest leaving it alone.

"pliant children" makes no sense.
It made sense as "pliant slave", a bad joke though.
I think "and its helper functions, like" is easier to understand.