I love his clothes. : } Adorable looking character. Also looks complex and very artisticly broguht to life. I like it.
Proportions don't always need to be right on to draw what you want to draw, right? Not always. : }
And I believe it's rhetorical but my answer to your question is never.
We always have mothers, whether they've passed or not. But we have always been born so we are always children.
And to be like children/ kids. we can do that if we want.