Building onto Adora Svitak

I think that "childish" is a very condescending word. It makes children seem like they are immature and incapable of doing certain things. For example, if I did something that was funny, someone might say " that's childish". Adults are the ones to usually throw out that word. They throw out that word because they find children to be less mature because children are not fully grown yet. Adults think they know much more than children because they have been around longer so they underestimate the whole kid generation. Sometimes, some children have experienced difficult situations that some adults never have like child abuse, substance abuse, etc. it is these situations that cause children to grow up faster. Also, some kids have to look after there siblings and have to take on responsibilities that an average child does not have to do. For example, cook dinner, clean the house and laundry . Therefore, those responsibilities can make the child more mature.