Is the Eucharist an Idol?

Has the Eucharist become an Idol for Catholics, especially (and ironically) the most devout, pious, or traditional Catholics?

In recent weeks I have read or watched videos about a lot of discussion about the proper attitude and behavior and dress when in the presence of Jesus within the Eucharist.  Rules upon rules, rituals meant to drive the point home about Jesus's Real Presence.  

But really, what I'm noticing the most is the legalization of who "gets" to receive the Eucharist when Jesus never made it about exclusivity.  He simply said, "take and eat... take and drink... do this in remembrance of me" (Matthew 26:26). And elsewhere He said "Leave the children alone, and do not forbid them to come to Me; for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these" (Matthew 19:14). 

But then the Catholic church intervenes and starts to put limitations and restrictions on who can actually follow this command of Jesus to receive Him Eucharistically.  It creates rules where Jesus had none.  It acts as if it knows better than the Savior Himself.  It says: you must be in a state of grace; you must share the faith with the church; you must be able to grasp the previous two.  In effect, the majority of Catholics are automatically excommunicated from the moment they are baptized as infants until they are at least 7 (and in years past, even as late as 12!). 

To prevent someone with the faith of a child, someone innocent of any mortal sin (due not having yet reached the age of reason), someone who is far more predisposed to receive Jesus than any adolescent or adult is to interfere with that someone's salvation.  You are preventing them from eating the Heavenly Bread, and you are preventing them from following the command of Jesus found in Matthew 26:26.  You are positioning yourself as knowing better than Jesus at worst, or at best, you are presuming that Jesus needs clarification on this when in fact He does not.  He was met with the response of shock and rejection from some of his disciples, yet He did not see a need to clarify.  His words as recorded in Scripture are sufficient, according to Him.  

So yes, I'm angry that my children first were prevented from receiving the Eucharist for an arbitrary number of years, and then the environment of casualness and irreverence further solidifies their inability to actually grasp the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist.

All this is done to supposedly ensure proper respect and reverence for Our Lord, yet really, it's reverence to the Eucharist-as-Idol, not to Jesus Christ, the Son of God Who walked the Earth and Whose teachings are recorded in Scripture.