Daftydux@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 hours agoWhat makes a behavior "childish"?message-squaremessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up124arrow-down10
arrow-up124arrow-down1message-squareWhat makes a behavior "childish"?Daftydux@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 hours agomessage-square17fedilink
minus-squarechaosCruiser@futurology.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·12 hours agoWhat about autistic adults who have interests that aren’t necessarily appropriate for their age? Some people consider it childish to be interested in teletubbies, picture books or duplos.
minus-squareRai@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·8 hours agoYes, it is appropriate to deem something made for children “childish”
What about autistic adults who have interests that aren’t necessarily appropriate for their age? Some people consider it childish to be interested in teletubbies, picture books or duplos.
Yes, it is appropriate to deem something made for children “childish”