Written by Naomi from More With Four Blog

Have you ever looked at kids and wondered, “now what if I acted like that?”

What if adults acted like kids? Consider these three examples:

1.  Kids have incredible imaginations “I’m putting you in jail!”

I was watching my son play hockey at the arena and the other siblings were running around the arena playing while we waited. My friend’s little boy told me he was going to put my son in jail and ran after him trying to catch him. My son happily obliged and was soon engaged in some awesome pretend play. His mom and I giggled as we watched them and we talked about their incredible imaginations. She wondered at what point we lost our imaginations and we joked about how it would look if adults acted like children. “Can you imagine if I came up to you and said, “I’m going to put you in jail!”, then I chased you while you laughed and ran away from me?” I asked her. It would be considered a bit crazy and definitely socially unacceptable if adults starting behaving like kids.
It seems children have an unspoken ability to engage in play with each other and a pretty awesome imagination that adults have long since forgotten.

2. How about those tantrums?

Can you imagine if adults took tantrums like children do when they didn’t get their way? What might happen if your boss told you to do something and to show how much you did not want to do it, you threw yourself to the floor in protest, fists pumping while screaming and crying “No! No! No!”?

3. Kids get away with saying and doing whatever they want.

When kids say something or do something inappropriate we excuse them for just being kids. What if an adult asked a pregnant woman why her belly was so fat? Or what would your friends think if you threw their couch cushions onto the floor, jumped off and yelled, “Abandon ship!”There are so many other things that only children can “get away”with.

To further demonstrate, here is a hilarious video showing what it might look like if adults acted like toddlers:

For more hilarious videos check out www.storyofthislife.com

I think it is okay for adults to join in the pretend play with other children and to act silly from time to time, but just keep this video in mind. If you come to my house and play with my pots and pans, I might think it’s weird.
Previously published on More With Four Blog