Is age really a factor to decide maturity?

Question

People assume that age is factor to decide maturity.Do you think age is factor to decide maturity.Like legal age to drink,Drive car,Vote ,marriage etc

Answer 1

It actually is both an age and a mentality factor. Maturity has a lot to do with how someone acts or responds to situations. IMHO, it means that someone who shows responsibility, knows their limits, and has a descent amount of awareness of what is going on around them. From a development standpoint, when most people begin to physically mature, the body begins to release hormones that not only help your body mature, but your mind.
I have included a link that you might find useful called:
Ages and Stages: Brain Development, Maturity and Social Expectations.

Answer 2

If at 16 you make one accident after another it means you are really stuck on 13 and don't deserve to drive. It does show your maturity level. LOL

It's average age that is determined by the law for drinking and driving. Sometimes a person of 30 year old acts like 20. I would not trust him doing anything. LOLLL

Bottom line is - it all depends. But the law is a law. You must abide.

Answer 3

I think time and experience help one develop maturity, but no, just age doesn't do it. I've seen fifty year old people who have no more sense than a six year old. And I have, sadly, seen 12 year olds going on 40.
When you talk about legalities however, there has to be an objective starting point, they must draw a line somewhere. So in a majority of states now it is 21. Frankly, I still think that is too young to drink alcohol or marry, but that is just my experience talking.

Answer 4

Well people have a set age for when they think a person is responsible, but i believe people mature at their own rate. Not everyone is mature enough to drive at 16 or even drink at 21, but we have to set guidelines at certain age as a way to monitor and control things. As far as driving and drinking age is considered, thats just what the state or government has determined as the rightful age for people to start that activity or responsibility. But I believe everyone matures differently.

Answer 5

No, I think that it is a factor to decide responsibility. Maturity doesn't always come to everyone. I know 24-year-olds who think that just because they can drive, smoke, vote, and drink, that means they're adults who deserve respect, but they still want to go around acting like little teenagers so why should anyone treat them like adults? I also know 27-year-olds who work themselves into an early grave and think that they're old men/women. Maturity varies. Responsibility doesn't.

Answer 6

Age does not *decide* maturity, but is generally a good measure of it. When in doubt, age can be a good factor to use for limiting activities that require maturity.

Answer 7

No, but in most cases I would say it is relative. Legal things such as driving and voting are based off of when they might think you to be responsible enough to handle the privalege of participating in the event. But on a daily basis, I think some younger people who are mature enough should be tried based off of maturity.

Answer 8

NO! Some people never grow up, even when they're thirty they still act ten years old. And my mother's friends have said on many accounts that my seven year old sister is more mature than most women their ages.

Answer 9

not at all. I have met alot of 30 yr old men who act like they are still 15. It's really pathetic.

RESPONSIBILITY is what makes a person mature - and the more responsibility someone has the more mature they will become.

Answer 10

I do think it is a factor, although it isn't everything. Some people live to be 80 years old and never reach adult maturity.