Do you think that older women who have passed their time are less mature than those who have had children?

Question

My friend think that women who have not given birth and have grown older are less mature compare to their countreparts who have done it. What do you think?

Answer 1

Doesnt everyone if theyre a decent person act more mature when they have children but that doesnt mean that women who havent had kids arent mature.It all depends on the life youve led & what kind of person you are in the first place.I havent got children & im 33.I have a diferent lifestyle to my friends with kids but it doesnt mean im not mature.I think it depends on your individual personality & what youve experienceed/been exposed to as to how mature you are.Some women have children & are totally immature & dont deserve them.Others settle right down when they have them because they want to set good examples.It depends on the person,male or female,i think.My great aunt never had children & she was a sensible,mature lady who was married to the same man all her adult life till she died at 84.

Answer 2

I disagree as having children does give you good experiences but at the end of the day, its not everything people choose not to have kids or cant have them and some times they can be more mature than people with children.

Take me and my sister for example she has a 4 year old son and she will still go out get so drunk she ends up on her a** all night. But me on the other hand i have no children and i am alot more mature i wont get drunk I rarely even drink and i am probably extremily mature for an 18 year old.

I have been really mature since i was 15 years old, i always acted more mature than my sister and i dont have a child but she does.

So i really do disagree with that statement.....

Answer 3

I have wondered if a youthful appearance does not remain. Women say pregnancy, childbirth and parenting really take it out of you.
Appearances aside, maturity is a tricky concept. If you are talking about behaviour more often engaged in by younger persons, maybe. I would note that the capacity to find a mate and have children I usually an indicator of both emotional maturity and good physical health. In this sense of mature, statistically the answer is yes.

Answer 4

I don't think it has anything to do with that. I don't have children and I'm 35. I can tell you there are many women out there with children who are incredibly immature. There are also many women out there who are moms who are very mature, giving, loving people (as well as women who aren't moms). Motherhood brings about beautiful and different experiences, but they're not all necessisarily more mature than childless women.

Tell your friend that he should try to get to know individuals first and then decide whether or not they're mature, rather than judge classifications of people as a whole.

Answer 5

ABSOLUTELY! Having children ages women physically and psychologically. I'm almost 50 and never had children and I don't feel or think much different than I did when I was 27. Most of my friends never had kids either and we run around like kids having adventures and running around in the malls.

I'm my only child and think I'm still too young to have children. I look a lot younger than women who've had kids too. I'm 49 and I look 39 and feel 29. (I called this last birthday my 20th annual 29th birthday...I've been 29 for 20 years now so next year I absolutly have to turn 30 even though 30 really scares me...haha)

When children aren't around to show you the passage of time by growing taller and smarter, you don't feel the passage of time as much.

I feel out of place when I'm with people my age with children...they are just so burdened with heavy responsibilities that they hardly have time to goof off...all they can talk about are their problems and even though they have big houses and cars, they never have any money to travel or anything.

I sort of miss the idea of not having kids and grand kids but it really does change a person's attitude toward life when you don't have them. You find fulfillment in other ways.

Answer 6

No i dont think this, yes i have had 2 children but i know people who have not had any children, either through choice, or because it just never happened. It is a personal choice if people decide not to have children but this dosent mean that they have not matured or gone through the up's and down's of life just like the rest of us. Everyone lives their lives differently and you cant say that someone who hasn't had children dosent mature well. Yes they may not understand children as we do, but as i said before that's their choice.

Answer 7

I believe maturity is gained by different life experiences not just by age or having children. A person who had a difficult life can grow up and mature very quickly because they have to compared to someone who's always had it easy. But someone who's always had an easy life can mature very quickly also because of their background and the people they are surrounded by

Answer 8

I have to disagree with your friend you have oklder women who have children who are less mature than a younger women. Everyone matures at different times.

Answer 9

Define maturity..........
Childfree women can be a lot less responsible than a Mother who should make sure that her children look up to her.
so it all depends
Being a Mom is a part of life that is special but it does mean considering others before yourself always... Which is maybe classed as being mature.
yes we need to define the word Mature to answer this one

Answer 10

maturity can be gained through many life experiences... and yes being a mother is one of them... but this only matures you in certain aspects of your life.

My brothers fiance who is my age (and childfree) has travelled the world and volunteered in war torn countries and financially stricken areas all over the globe. I would never say she is less mature than me simply because she has not raised a child; and I have. She has done other increadibly worthwhle things in order to gain an impressive level of maturity.