What is the right age of a person to be consider mature?

Here it is 18 for girls and 21 for the boys. BUt you are right it to depends on how they handle themselves in doing certain things at a point in their life time. YEs I know a few that act 12 when in 20s and 30s even 40s sometimes lol

Maturity cannot be quantified by age. Its not even quantifiable. Period. I do agree with you that the "set of experiences" that we acquire through our years of existence ripens or develops our maturity. It would also depend on how these events in our lives affect us. There are those who are not affected by these things in any way at all, thus in your words "There are many persons who are already in their late 20's or early 30's yet they still act and think like they are only 12." There are also those who seemed to bear the weight of the world on their small shoulders. These are those children who had to grow up fast because there is the urgency to act like a grown up just to survive. They have to be mature fast that they have no time to enjoy their childhood. In some of these cases they tend to act out or relive their childhood innocence and playfulness when they are already in the middle life. That's just what I think anyways.

Well well, alot depends on each individual.. Age is just like a guideline, and we are just following majority.. haha =D There can be kids as young as 8-10, and yet they are much more matured?? Just because they have been thru alot and seen alot in life?? Thus, maturity cant be measured using age and numbers.. ALl in all, it's the experiences that counts ^_^

yes, you are right.my son is seventeen years old.i wish he could mature enough.it's ok if he is eighteen years old he would become mature.in fact,it's impossible if he always lives with me.he always thinks he is a child.

Yes I agree with you, maturity doesn't depend on age but by the life experiences they been through. On how they act when problem arise and how they handle their own life. Being mature is only 10% on your age and 90% on how you react.

i think maturation comes not only when you got age of 18 because first you can only say your mature enough if your mind and body really mature enough i mean maturation is not only in body mechanism maturity starts in mentality before body reach its maturity .it will start in your mind its process is collaborative while your growing up your mind and body also growing and maturing...and you can say your mature enough if you can decide thing on your own w/ responsible of what will be its effect..

You are absolutely correct.My daughter is less than half my age and she seems to be more mature than me most of the times.

Perhaps it's my age? . Just kidding. I think once an individual is able to earn for himself or herself and able to differentiate bad and good decisions, then it can be said that he or she has already matured. The way they talk can also be taken into consideration and if someone is mature, he/she will not speak immaturely. Good topic here, Neelia..

In my views is that 18 is the proper age of maturity. Because this is base on the presumption of our ancestor and corroborated by scientist that this is the exact legal age of maturity and not depend on our assumption...

Age has nothing to do with maturity. There are people in their 50s who still make decisions as if they were teenagers because they have never matured. It takes work to be responsible and do the right thing at all times because it is right and exhibit integrity. Maturity is the ability to discern what is appropriate.

I do not judge the level of somebody's maturity based on how old they are, I instead base it on how they act and what sort of person they are. I believe that to be mature, you must be able to take full responsibility for your actions and accept the consequences when things go wrong, not burden them onto others. Remember being a kid and breaking that super-expensive vase that your mother thought was so precious and took lots of pride in? Remember allowing your younger sibling to take the blame because you knew they were too young to defend themselves? This is what I am talking about. Also, you must be able to consider other people's points-of-view and their perspective. Whether or not you agree with them is another matter entirely, of course. Also, when they finally start taking responsibility for themselves personally, and can live a fairly independent life without having to rely on others too much. However, some people just don't have it in them to ever mature, and will remain a child trapped inside an adult's body forever. You know, the kind of person that it seems you are constantly telling to "grow up" and "stop being so childish."

I definitely agree with you neelianoscet! Age cannot tell if the person is mature already. It is the persons attitude towards life and the people around him. There are young people whose ages below 18 years old too that are mature enough to handle serious problems. The experiences made every person strong. Experience molded our characters and attitudes.

There is no such thing as a right age or particular age for maturity. Because there are some 30s or 40s are still immature in their decision making. It is through the experience makes us mature, on how we deal on it. This is the way we look at the things that surround us and how we react on the things around us. It could be as early as a child or teen. Some children talks maturely because of the environment they have. And how their parents brought them up.

Its not about age can consider person as mature, it deals upon his/her behavior. A girl or boy who is able to understand what is good and what is likely to be bad can consider matured, it has nothing to do with age, A person who is willing to accept life and what's life brings can consider matured...maturity is simply the way how you deal with life and the acceptance of life imperfections is called maturity. Happy Mylotting..God bless!

I totally agree. There are many 15 year olds that are more mature than some 40 year olds. Age is just a number. It is life that makes you mature or you Never will.

It's fine to be childlike, but not childish. There is a difference. You can act mature, but continue to be childlike, and pure at heart. That's how we should be. And, according to me, there is no particular age to be mature. I have seen many people who are immature even at 50. They behave still like their own children. Only wisdom makes you mature and it can come to even a 5 year old kid or a 500 year old man or woman. Maturity comes with learning and experience. How many of us are learning from life's experiences and maturing with time? That's more important. Age has not much to do with maturity. The general maturity and growth of the mind is there as the body ages, but still, maturity has higher levels which most of us ignore. That maturity comes with wisdom and learning. Not many achieve that. Most of us get stunted after a certain point in life and don't grow beyond that stage. So according to my experience, maturity is based on experience and not on age.

I still act immature at the age of 29, poor me. I feel sorry for all the mistake I had done before. I agree with what you said, it is not based on the age. At the age 18 it only means you are giving a chance to walk outside the real world, without parents consent. People still make mistakes, even mature ones. Mature person is based on their life experience and what they had learned about it. It does not base on the age, it is just a numerical value. It depends on what you have been through. I have a friend she was only 17 but I can depend on her based on advices, because at that tender age of 16 she starts working for her family and her family starts to depend on her. She knows what is right and wrong I am really proud of her. She said she have no choice but to be mature because her whole family depends on her.

no right age for me as their are 40 years old acting as a 4 years old with a pea size brain that sucks deeply immature who like to annoy people, insensitive and think like abnormal freaking retarded. wasting other people and makes a lot of nuisance. maturity is knowing right or wrong without pestering other people.

Hi neelianoscet I do not believe that the age has something to do with the maturity of a person. In my neighbourhood, the lady is not that much intelligent where as her boy of 10 years, advises his mother and she obeys him. But he guides her very correctly in all the household related things and shopping especially the money matters and he guides her in the right path which his father also appreciates. his father is a very intelligent person and takes the decision correctly

i think it is the same age most of the times the only difference depending on the person acting like a child or being mature they need to be aware of what is right or wrong. maturity is hone through the time experience based on the quality and not based on the quantity.