Laughing child
A child in unguarded laughter — uncomplicated delight from a person who has not yet learned to apologise for it.
A laughing child in a dream is the dream's image of uncomplicated delight from a person who has not yet learned to apologise for joy. The child is not performing; the laughter is what is actually happening. The dream brings the laughing child when something in your life — a moment of uncalculated pleasure, an honest delight at small good news, a part of you that has not yet been talked out of being glad — is currently available and is being met with the right kind of attention. A laughing child joined in with is the dream affirming the shared simplicity. A laughing child shut up by an adult uncomfortable with the noise is the dream noting that the unguarded delight has been ruled inappropriate, and an old verdict against your own joy is being re-issued.