Identify whether the word "childlike" has a negative or positive connotation when compared to "childish." negative positive

First know what connotation means. It means: refers to a meaning that is implied by a word apart from the thing which it describes explicitly. Words carry cultural and emotional associations or meanings in addition to their literal meanings or denotations. For instance, "Wall Street" literally means a street situated in Lower Manhattan but it refers to "wealth" and "power" Positive and Negative : Words may have positive or negative that depend upon the social, cultural and personal experiences of individuals. For example, the words childish, childlike and youthful have the same denotation but different connotative meanings. Childish and childlike have a negative connotation as they refer to immature behavior of a person. Whereas, youthful implies that a person is lively and energetic.

It is positive