A childlike charm.
It means being happy like a child.
Stop acting so childlike David, you have to get to work!
A childlike charm.
Children, Childish, Childproof ... childlike
Wiesel uses the word "piteous" to describe the childlike state of his father in the concentration camp.
One suffix that can be added to a word to mean "like a child" is "-like". For example, the word "childlike" means resembling or characteristic of a child.
The theme of childlike wonder is used to mean, excitement and amazement over something. For children experiences are new, and exciting, they experience things with much more depth and feeling than adults do. This is what is meant by childlike wonder.
Adolescent, childlike, childish, inexperienced, puerile, tender...
wiry
childlike, childish, childhood, children
Wonderful Happy