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More specifically, "Stop being childish and do what you're told," or "You're not doing what I told you to do, you're childish!" Seems to me obeying blindly is exactly what a two year old does.
There is more to being childish than just a rebellious attitude. Some kids respons better to explanations and warnings about what might happen to them if they do not things the way it suits them better. Other kids, who often have some kind of personality disturbance of early childhood, don't respond to knowledge passed on by parents or educators who are often forced to use other educative strategies with in mind the goal of basically restraining them. To use an example: don't do X or I will do Y to you. Do X or I will do Y to you. Don't do X or I won't do Y for you. Do X or I won't do Y for you. And so forth. The basic negative reinforcement approach with a threatening element of deterrency. In which the educator poses himself as the "thing to fear". This so called educative approach leads the child to believe that he can do what is forbidden and not do what should be his duty as long as he finds a way around the obstacle: the educator himself.
What does this mean? It means that there are different ways to be childish, since not all children are psychogically nor behavioray equal and respond differently to the various possible educative approaches according to "predispotion". It is assumed by most people, even in traditional psychiatric practice, that childishness, when displayed by an adult, is always a somewhat impairing personality feature,but nothing could be further from the truth. A rebellious attitude is not just the natural way of refusing to comply with the potentially unconvenient demands of an authority figure, it happens to be, the only possible approach. Since the authority always sees itself as: unchallengeble regardless of the results his/her leadership will produce onto the "lower status" individual life. His every effort has the purpose of simply reaffirming his/her power, thus allowing him/her to keep giving orders and dispensing, often summary, justice.....
haha I'd like to meet that 2 yo that obeys blindly - most prefer their favourite word "No!" when asked to do something.
This is why it's called the "Terrible Twos" :o)
Might as well call religion childish while you're at it. However, I'm confused, who was being called childish you or a 2yr old? If it was you, then I don't think disobeying orders is childish. Although, if your mom tells you to do your chores and you refuse then that's childish but following blindly isn't right.