What does it mean to be mature?
maturity
noun
1. The period of time in your life after your physical growth has stopped and you are fully developed [syn: adulthood]
That is the definition I got from the online dictionary and I agree with it to an extent, although my thoughts are a little more specific than the definition. I also think that society has developed its own requirements for maturity whether it being the time you stop pulling that little girls pigtails or finally put away that blankie you've been lugging around for years. Those things are very obvious immature traits but maturity goes beyond that. Most high school students don't realize being childish goes beyond holding on to childhood toys. Some of the things I see everyday in my highschool that are very irritating when these people claim to have achieved maturity is
1) Throwing a fit over minute topics and never accepting it when you're wrong
2) Degrading or making fun of people in front of or behind people's backs
If you do this I think you should get over the fact that not everyone is the same and you should just accept someone for who they are because they aren't going to be anyone else
There are numerous other ways to act immature.
What do you think it takes to become a real "adult"? Are most adults in society today even mature themselves? Can people who are considered children act like "adults"?
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- I am a person with numerous morals and I respect myself very much. I am not easily offended, but am easily annoyed. I am easy to get along with as long as you respect me, and if you're on my good side, I am a great friend. I'm very loyal and generous to my friends. I have a hard time keeping my friends though because they always seem to be quick to take advantage of my kindness and mistaken it for weakness. I don't need friends like that. I love my family very much and they always come first. I am not related to anyone aside from my immediate family in Wyoming which seems to be pretty rare around here.
lol ya that grabbed me when I saw it since I've been trying to figure it out for years. As much as I hate to admit it, I don't think it can happen until you're financially independant. As far as not talking about people behind their back; I'd call that wisdom. People stop doing that when they really realize that the world doesn't revolve around them (not as many people care what they're doing or wearing or saying besides them) and aren't so insecure because of that.
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