How many times have you said to someone

Don't be Childish!!!

To me Childishness symbolises immaturity

But should we all as Role Models become more Childlike ??

To me being Child Like conjures up an image of Innocence, Honesty, No Prejudices, Trusting, Unconditional Love!

What fantastic qualities to be known for
I want some of those !!!

Becoming Child Like.....

Innocence
Children don't see anything other than at face value
As parents we are always warning our children to be careful around strangers, but young children only see the good
You could be sitting at home watching a storm, as adults we worry about the loss of power, the lightening, the noises, will the wind blow our roof off........
Children aren't born fearful of storms, they will only react to how the adults are during the storm, if the adult is calm, the child will just be amazed by the wonder of nature, my children love thunder and lightening storms, they don't think about the devastation they just talk about the clouds bumping into each other (thunder) and the bolts of lightening are just nature's fireworks!!!!!!
Before children get to the age of questioning everything
Don't you just wish you could hold onto their innocence and keep it for them

Honesty
Up to a certain age!!!! Children can be so honest
Sometimes they can be brutally honest
For instance my cousins child once got her family to give up smoking by refusing to kiss them goodnight as they all stank!!!
My children if they don't like a meal I have done, have no qualms telling me they think it is disgusting!!!!!!
I promise my cooking is not that bad
Don't you wish you could hold onto their honesty they use as confidence in themselves

No Prejudices
Children when making friends, always go to others who are enjoying their favourite things.
Especially young children don't take note of anyone's colour, size, disabilities etc
They have no strong opinions on anything that is different to them
Everyone is accepted on their own merit
Children don't stick to their own little crowd
They mix with all kinds of different people without noticing any differences
Don't you wish you could hold onto their no prejudices and not judge everyone around them

Trusting
My children when small had a knack of scaring me. They would wait until I was turned away from them, then stand on a chair or coffee table and shout "Mum, Catch!!!" to which they would give me half a second to turn around and be ready to catch them as they launched themselves at me!!!
You see as Children they knew that it was ok to trust that I was there to make sure they would be safe.
They had so much trust in me as their parent they were prepared to take risks to show that trust
Children trust and accept what is told to them
If a child is upset about anything and you tell them everything is going to be ok. They trust right away that it will be ok cos Mum/Dad says so
Don't you wish you could hold onto their Trust and know they can take everyones word in Good Faith

Unconditional Love
What better quality to have than to know all about Unconditional Love
Lots of children don't receive this unconditional love yet still they are able to give it
Children love their family members unconditionally at all times
Oh yes, siblings fight all the time
But if one is ill, do they care???? Oh Yes!
If a parent, hurts them, shouts at them, degrades them even attacks them
Do they stop loving that parent
No
They even make excuses for the parent
Don't you wish you could hold onto their Unconditional Love and know that that is the only kind of love to experience in life

How great if we could all work on our Child Like Qualities and Find a Much better outlook on life