I think we tend to stigmatize people who believe are childish when in retrospect these people are not childish but childlike. I feel we make this mistake because we immediately associate an adult who acts like a child as so,etching bad when there is a distinct difference between childlike and childish.

To be childlike has positive connotations such as being innocent or eager, it is exemplifying qualities of a child that aren't necessarily bad. It is is never wrong to have childlike qualities in fact it is a good thing because we all want to preserve a part of how we were as a child moving forward instead of pushing it all behind. I for one believe that an ad,t who is childlike is a step ahead because they are aware of the fact that age doesn't define who you have to be and that there is still a child in all of us.

However that doesn't mean that one should act childish. Childish has negative connotations and refers to things like immaturity and stubbornness. These are the traits you should probably leave behind as you shouldn't be a grown up person throwing tantrums.

The point however is that you should never let go of your youth no matter how old you are because it is still ok to be childlike as long as you don't act childish!