They have not yet relinquished the childish need for an authoritative father.
When I wept childish tears as they cut down the only tree in our tenement yard, I knew I would plant a tree everywhere I lived.
They derided his efforts as childish.
Because if you love your children, then you should accept all these childish things they do.
"My little pearl,"said Hester, after a moment's silence, "the green letter, and on thy childish bosom, has no purport. But dost thou know, my child, what this letter means which thy mother is doomed to wear?"
He is childish and irascible, passionate, methodical, and sensitive.
Actually, I think it is sloppy and childish; but I also think that, if it were only this instance, it could be looked on as a blind spot.
The counterpart to a childish state at home is a hostile world outside.
She derided my effort as childish.
Pearl still pointed with her forefinger; and a frown gathered on her brow; the more impressive from the childish, the almost baby-like aspect of the features that conveyed it.
But is "LOL" really a lazy, childish concoction?
That is why many of us still love childish things, whether it is a plush teddy bear or funny cartoons.
"My little Pearl," said Hester, after a moment's silence, "the green letter, and on thy childish bosom, has no purport.
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