What makes a behavior "childish"?
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Selfish behaviour that doesn't consider other people's needs
Really? That's one of the most common behaviors among adults.
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In an adult, you mean?
A child is in the process of learning to behave, so I will always grant them a pass on not being able to listen and not being able to control their emotions/reaction. Not so much with any adult person, at least not with anyone who is also demanding to be considered an adult and treated like one. Being an adult is great, but it has a cost which is to stop behaving like a child
Every adult behaves like a child at some point.
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Yes, it is appropriate to deem something made for children “childish”
Nope. That's child-like.
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It's childish if someone bitter tells you it is
So everything is childish
Enjoy life, people
You're confusing childish with child-like. Childish always has negative connotations.
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Same, but a lot of people treat them as the same thing and only in the negative way.
They're wrong.
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Lacking maturity. Literally acting like a child, despite knowing better.
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Nope. That's child-like.
That’s the same mothafuckin thing
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Poor emotional regulation. Poor long term planning. Disregarding facts for emotions.
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Yes, it is appropriate to deem something made for children “childish”
The question was about behavior
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pee pee poo poo
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PJ is that you?
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That’s the same mothafuckin thing
They both refer to behaviors or attributes associated with children, but "childish" has a generally negative connotation and "childlike" has a generally positive connotation. e.g. "childish behavior" is usually something the author judges inappropriate, where "childlike wonder" is usually rendered as a positive (if often infantilizing) attribute. Similar definitions, but quite different in implication.
