What makes a behavior "childish"?
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The inability to process their raw emotions.
When an adult hears disappointing news, they say ok, and think about how they can get a better outcome next time.
A child starts yelling and crying and hitting.
Tell a kid that there's a pizza party later, and they'll want a PIZZA PARTY RIGHT NOW!
Adults are able to wait until later without bouncing off the walls or whining for it to happen now.
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Most people's definition: anything fun and silly because apparently adults aren't supposed to have fun or something
Mine: acting like someone who hasn't learned basic knowledge or developed empathy
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I think people use that word to mean immature. Childish implies that a behavior is age-inappropriate, but also implies that the behavior would be appropriate for a child, which is often not true. Immature is a better word to use when someone is doing behaviors that indicate their brain development hasn't caught up with their life situation.
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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
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Most people's definition: anything fun and silly because apparently adults aren't supposed to have fun or something
Mine: acting like someone who hasn't learned basic knowledge or developed empathy
I would describe the first one as childlike.
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I would describe the first one as childlike.
Same, but a lot of people treat them as the same thing and only in the negative way.
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The inability to process their raw emotions.
When an adult hears disappointing news, they say ok, and think about how they can get a better outcome next time.
A child starts yelling and crying and hitting.
Tell a kid that there's a pizza party later, and they'll want a PIZZA PARTY RIGHT NOW!
Adults are able to wait until later without bouncing off the walls or whining for it to happen now.
What about autistic adults who have interests that arenât necessarily appropriate for their age? Some people consider it childish to be interested in teletubbies, picture books or duplos.
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It's caused by the speaker not liking what another person is doing, but being unable to articulate a real argument against the behavior. So, they call it "childish" as a way to express that dislike in a socially acceptable fashion.
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It's childish if someone bitter tells you it is
So everything is childish
Enjoy life, people
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Behaving in an emotionally disregulated manner, similar to how a child who has not developed as a person would do
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I guess when something has to be taken seriously but you make jokes and don't understand the magnitude of the situation. Most other childish behavior is subjective & sometimes isn't as bad of a trait as people try to make it out to be.
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To me if it's done purely for the attention of others rather than intrinsically motivated it's childish. A general lack of responsibility is also childish. Tamer stuff like trinket collections, lewd jokes, cartoons and whatnot in my opinion is enjoyable independently of age. If anything judging those things as childish could be seen as childish. Who's more obsessed with seeming all grown up than kids?
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What about autistic adults who have interests that arenât necessarily appropriate for their age? Some people consider it childish to be interested in teletubbies, picture books or duplos.
Yes, it is appropriate to deem something made for children âchildishâ
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pee pee poo poo
hehehehehe
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Instant gratification at long-term expense
Does not include necessary things like food
Nor acts to build or sustain relationships, like making your kid happy
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Stubbornness, shortsightedness, dramatization
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Selfish behaviour that doesn't consider other people's needs
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I think people use that word to mean immature. Childish implies that a behavior is age-inappropriate, but also implies that the behavior would be appropriate for a child, which is often not true. Immature is a better word to use when someone is doing behaviors that indicate their brain development hasn't caught up with their life situation.
It depends on the age of the child and if they can reasonably be expected to know better
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What about autistic adults who have interests that arenât necessarily appropriate for their age? Some people consider it childish to be interested in teletubbies, picture books or duplos.
I don't think it's childish to like things made for children, I think it's childish to shame people for liking things made for children. I'm in my 30s and have watched several Disney Jr shows all the way through. They're enjoyable as long as you go in with realistic expectations.
