childishness . . .

. . . seems to be under attack in some of these threads.

I say you can't have enough of it.

Maybe you don't need it when you're arranging a mortgage or going for a job interview or seeing the surgeon about your erectile dysfunction problems, but almost everywhere else it's an important part of life.

Long before I was a grown up I was a child. So the childish part of me is much older and more deeply rooted than the adult part.

Being grown up usually means being stiff and boring. Grown ups are always starting wars and listening to opera. Who wants to do that kind of stuff.

What's more, whenever I read anything about how to be more creative one of the top tips is always, 'rediscover your inner child'.

For goodness' sake, as poets and writers we're supposed to be creative, so we need to max out on childishness.

Maybe this is the place where we can start doing that. Let this thread be a celebration of all things childish.