Do you think that how mature you are mentally and emotionally is decided on your physical age? Personally I think age is a generalzation for how mature you are and not everyone falls under that.
to some ppl in thread you can't just automatically assume you're mature because you play M games. maturity in my house is measured by how many responsibilities you have and what decisions you make.
and i find immaturity to be a great stress reliever..
Age in years is a measurement (Though actual aging and it's process is a real thing). Maturity is how you are perceived to handle situations, act in society, etc... either way, they are things that wouldn't technically be around without man (Flawed logic, I know. Ignore it if you must.).
Anyway, I like to think I can be mature at times, but I'm very riliant on other people for support, in reality. I handle some select situations rather well, and am friends with many people of an age group above my own, but I'm still very co-dependant.
I do like to be immature sometimes, because, well...
I personally am very mature for my age simply because I grew up with 2 very strict brothers who wouldn't take any nonsense. They pretty much made me and I think I turned out pretty well.
I'm 14 and I read mature books and play mature games... so your chronological age has nothing to do with your mental age.
Maturity is far more from that... Tghe older youare, the more things you have done and seen in your life, so the more mature you are... Exemple:wuth age, you finally understand that LOL is lame, that Eragin is ridiculous, that Twilight is awkward, and that the Jonas Brothers are lame too... Maturity is when you take your responsabilities, I don't think it can be counted in years...
Agreed Graham. Playing mature games or reading mature content does not make you mature. That is affected by your choices for example:
You can stay up playing your rated M video games or you can study and go to bed at a resonable hour.
One of these is a mature choice you know something has to be done so you do it may not be fun but it needs doing. The other not so mature you dont really care about what needs getting done which is a sign of immaturity.
I was talking about more in the social setting anyway. Like friends, family, sports, work, dating, etc. Things like those. And how do you treat someone if you realize they are much younger then you thought but act older?
Playing mature games or reading mature content does not make you mature.
Ah, the wonders of Russian litterature from the 1800.
What makes you mature? Well, not what you do, but how you handle things. If you are given a choice, like MrMonkey said, and chooses to do what is best, and not what is more fun, and does this on your own. If you can handle your own responsibility, I'd you are mature.
Well, my little brother is 10 and he's freezing his "mud puppets". Try not to think about it too hard.
My 13 year old brother goes around acting like he's a cat, trying to impress my 7 year old brother. Obviously your maturity level also depends on who you look up to. Adults or little kids?
