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Fatima
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age = maturity???
February 18, 2003 - 03:27 AM
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The stupid laws debate touched on this or at least my thoughts in response to a response did. But I think that your maturity level while has to do with your experience- which yes, generally comes with age, but not always, your perpception of things-how your going to view other people and thier actions and then the most important how you react to this simulation, how what you see/experience changes your life. You can be an 50 and still be immature to the extent that even superficial teens and young adults surpass you. or you can take life too seriously and people will think based on remarks that you are significantly older then you are. Its this that perturbes me.. b/c you are judged according to age. What do you guys think?
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Maturity!
February 21, 2003 - 03:53 AM
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Just like you said that maturity depends on experience. I would like to say is not just experience but how much you are willing to allow your experiences and other peoples' affect you positively.
Openess to a large extent and a strong value system are the words, the more these two factors are operational in you the likely you can learn and make right choices. Is that not maturity: Making right choices even in the face of situations we have not once experienced irrespective of our physical age.
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Maturity!
February 27, 2003 - 10:54 AM
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I agree. Maturity is about the mind, not the chronological age. There are many very young people who have a very complete and accurate view of the world, and make decisions at least as well as, and in some cases, better, then an older person would. Until Next Time,
Michael Cartier!
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Re: age = maturity???
February 28, 2003 - 07:15 AM
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Absolutely! Although it's true that typically adults and older people have had more experience, there are definitely still some younger people out there who are very understanding of the world around them and incredibly mature. I've met quite a few of them on this site. I think maturity has a lot to deal also with being in touch with your emotions. One thing we can all be sure of is that we are all still maturing, and the process doesn't have an ending point. There's not really much more I can say here without repeating what you have said already, so I think I'll leave it at that. 
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Maturity is dead....
February 28, 2003 - 10:38 AM
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Like Lauren said before me, maturity has no ending point. Much like life, it is a journey, not a destination.
Often times in our lives, we are mature and immature at the same times. Think of the middle age person who begins to turn more immature, or the young who seem "much older" than their age would dictate.
Different scenarios and situations will often dictate our maturity as well. How many times have you presented yourself as mature, yet find yourself doing silly things right afterwards?
The word mature often refers to development in one's being. I would like to think that I am always in development and therefore, no more closer to maturity than the day I was born!
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age=maturity???
March 1, 2003 - 01:38 AM
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It all depends on whos perspective?
Having already co-bought and co-owned two houses already one could say that i have matured that act or art if we have not been short changed or dupped (cheated). So in a business or economic point of view it is very positive (mature).
If one looks at it as a philanthropist whose goal is not to acumulate and cherish material things, as i now wish to set myself in, then it may be seen as immature.
Yes, there are teens who are more mature then 55 year olds and vice versa.
If everyone could see everything from the same prospective, even just once for a little moment in time during our little stay here, then we would no longer have any wars or frictions. Would we!
We all have little peices of the solution to the bigger puzzle. Every individual of every age seems to grasp some of IT correctly, but as the enviroments change so do people and their interpretations or analysis of what they see or understand.
To bad to many, the majority, are taught to think in only one time dimension. Their own!
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Re: age = maturity???
March 1, 2003 - 10:05 AM
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Yes but why should we all have the same perspective? Sure you are right it would prevent wars but still it would not be the best solution. Instead we all need to make a personal effort to cherish others especially those who are very different (and therefore very similar) to us. Perspective is a wonderful thing to have, and the differences we have are wonderful.
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Re: age = maturity???
March 3, 2003 - 03:45 AM
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It is not necesary, to have the same prospective on all subjects at the same time, but rather to understand and tackle one problem at a time.
As an example. How do we stop the spread of AIDS.
There are solutions out there.
If on a global scale we discuss, understand and agree that my or anothers solution, should be set forth, then we should at least try to proceed.
If the leaders of the world would even recognise that the economic man made wars are the root cause of all other wars then that too would be an agreement of perspective.
We, mankind as a species, still do not have the one, first essential perspective right. "Thou shalt not kill."
I am not religious but they all do try to teach everyone how to be humane. "Still animal as a species we are" is the only perspective we seem to agree upon other then the need for air water and food is needed for our survival. And at that we are doing a terrible job.
p.s. how does one tell the whole world to grow up or mature at the same time? Seems like an inpossible task, or is it???????
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the value of age
March 15, 2003 - 07:25 AM
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Though age does not always equal maturity, those who are older often have more experience and have gained wisdom through this experience. Paying attention to the lessons those older than us have learned can prevent us from repeating the mistakes of the past.
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i agree
March 24, 2003 - 06:38 AM
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Yah i think many ppl judge u on ur age. When u tell them ur age and it turns out to be older than they are they would automactically think ur too mature for certain thingz and i don't think datz rite. Same for younger kids they could b way more mature than others who r older than them but becuz of their age many ppl think they shouldn't receive the respect they deserve.I think no matter wat age u r u still can act the way u want.
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Re: age = maturity???
March 24, 2003 - 06:56 AM
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There are kids who are old for their age and maturity is definately a state of mind, but think of it this way - won't you be more mature ten years from now than you are today - this is the principle. Even advanced and highly intelligent kids still have not had to deal with many of the facts of life and therefore have alot to learn, even from people who are not as smart, but have been here longer. And many older people were once precocious kids, it has just become less apparent because they have reached adulthood. Maturity acts on a curve which accellerates during certain periods - at 20 you are far more mature than 10, but at 50 only slightly more than 40.
Anyway my father is certainly much more mature than I
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Lori Winterhoff
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Re: age = maturity???
March 24, 2003 - 07:00 AM
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It's true that maturity is developed from experience. But I say that experience doesn't always lead to maturity. Like you said the 50 year old could be way more immature than the 21 year old. It's how we deal with the experiences we get that determines the maturity we obtain. Some of my closest friends are twice my age, not to say that they are immature, but they allow someone who is younger to join them and gain from experiences they've had. I get the priviledge of learning from them just by being there.
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Re: age = maturity???
March 31, 2003 - 02:34 AM
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Yes. I agree , why are we judged on our age , does that mean that at my age i cant be as mature as others , for example i have seen celebs. with like an i.q of 0! im not the most mature person in the world but there are ppl older then me , what gives anyone the right to imply that i am immature. just because i am 13 doesnt mean im not as mature as others. i mean , GIVE ME A BREAK!
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April 2, 2003 - 04:59 AM
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i dont think age effects maturity
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Re: age = maturity???
April 11, 2003 - 09:27 AM
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Maturity is like a personality for a person. Not a thing for everyone to have. If this world had people that was mature all the time. This world would be so boring.
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