True Left

"And even when adults try try to act spontaneous, carefree, silly, or otherwise imitate the "foolishness" of childishness, they often end up just acting like completely retarded cavemen:"

This is a really good point. When as a child I watched children's TV, I was struck by how patronizing most of the presenters were by trying to talk/act childish superficially. Do they really think children enjoy watching them behave like that?

(Similarly, this is why cultural appropriation is annoying.)