Word: childishly
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...Guinness, "Hitler was almost senile; at the age of 56, he was 70. He took pep pills, and at times he would have fits. At other times he would get the giggles. I try to convey that comic side. You know, he could be extremely childlike as well as childish...
Other peculiarities of military speech and tone abound: an officer's continual mispronunciation of a soldier's name, the false bravado and condescension of childish officers and men, and hyperbole filled with paradoxical accuracy...
...Their insufferable cousin, jumping in the hayloft, lands on a carefully placed pitchfork. Their invalid mother is pushed down the stairs in the middle of the night when no one but them is there is to see. By day they are such charming creatures, uninterested by anything except their childish games, that an external spirit of evil seems to be lurking in the air. And, in fact, the grandmother has taught Niles a trick she calls "the game," whereby he projects himself into another being or object and shares its experience...
Despite its frequently childish espousal of childlessness, NON makes some valid points. It observes that the cultural bias against childless couples is so strong that husbands and wives cannot choose non-parenthood freely; they know they will be branded selfish, shallow and neurotic. In fact, the organization stresses, motives for parenthood are not always what they seem. Some parents use children, like drugs, to shield them from the realities of life. Others want offspring only to fulfill their own frustrated hopes, to have someone to possess and control, or to ensure financial support in their...
...humor drawn from Allen's wrestling matches with his head candler, but mostly he talked about his old neighborhood, where the kids were so tough they stole hubcaps from moving cars. His parents, Woody said, believed in God and carpeting. As for Harlene, he described her as "extremely childish. One time I was taking a bath and, for no reason at all, she came in and sank my boats...