Does time change maturity?

[historyincognito]

Is this true?

 

[Left]

To a degree. The person generally gets more mature, but if the person is a kid to begin with, short of anything life-changing happening, they might just become a more mature kid over time.

 

[Korean-American Christian]

People may become more mature over time....but a person's personality does not change even after that person becomes a Christian...unless something truly life-changing happens

 

[dayhiker]

I think time matures us, there are clearly different interests as we grow older.
Things change quickly as we grow into our 20's and then change usually slows down.
I've been thru some amazing changes from my mid 50s to mid 60s.

 

[blackribbon]

Maturity is a component of time...it is also a component of learning from life's experiences. A "mature" seven year old who never grows can become a very "immature" 25 year old.

How we deal with life's high points and low points are what develop maturity. How we choice to apply those lessons established our maturity level. And it really is a fluid state.

 

[Greg J.]

We don't mature uniformly. There are facets of us that can mature while others take longer. I'm sure this is reasonably well established in psychology (which I don't know anything about). For example, someone can mature in their judgment about generic relationships, but can be slower in their growth of their marital relationship. Someone can be immature in dealing with painful injustice while being mature in handling interpersonal conflicts.

 

[dayhiker]

I tend to think more about old age and maturity now than I did when I was young. With my father getting close to 90, I am seeing slowly he is less interested in the things around him. Its the same pattern my grandfather followed. For over the last 10 years of their life, their interests kept getting smaller and smaller. less travel, not interested in politics, no interest in going to community events, then not interested in family events. I'm not there yet and don't expect to be for a long time yet. But its a pattern I've seen so know its coming. That too I see at part of maturing very late in life.

 

[quietpraiyze]

We age chronologically due to time and nature but I believe maturity is a choice. I don't think time changes maturity. Some people start using drugs when they are a teenager. It can be 20+ years before they rehab and get clean. While they may be older physically, emotionally they are still that teenager and they have to "grow up" and take responsibility for their life and the choices they make. So I don't believe that maturity just happens. Also there's the "midlife crisis" syndrome where people who seemed to have been mature and responsible throw that all to the wind. They start partying again and everything that comes with it or they buy some sports car. The point being they're trying to recapture a time when they did not have all of life's responsibilities. It also goes without saying some younger people are more mature than some people twice their age.

 

[Servant68]

It also depends on your definition of "mature". Someone can be 40 years old yet still fall for pyramid marketing schemes (ex-girlfriend) or be 27 and incredibly wise regarding interpersonal relationships (my work partner).

I consider myself pretty immature when it comes to relationships since I married at such a young age and was with the same woman for the next 20 years.

But, I am pretty mature when it comes to knowing things about home repair and vehicles.

Reminds me of the old SNL skit with Mike Meyers...

 

[pdudgeon]

time itself doesn't change maturity, but it does present us with opportunities to change and grow.

Whether we recognize those times and take them head on-- or else skirt them in favor of making another lap in the desert-- is what makes the difference.

 

[redblue22]

What is maturity?

 

[blackribbon]

I would define it as the stage of emotional and intellectual development of a person...and maturity would follow the successful completion of each of Erikson's Psychosocial Stages of Development.

 

[AirForceTeacher]

time itself doesn't change maturity, but it does present us with opportunities to change and grow.

Whether we recognize those times and take them head on-- or else skirt them in favor of making another lap in the desert-- is what makes the difference.

Bing. You have to choose to learn from things to mature.