Tough question. I myself believe females mature earlier than men when one considers brain development the maturity age gets complicated. The brain is said to reach full maturity between 25 and 30 years but that doesn't mean the individual is mature during the same period. Peoples personalities develop at different rates and continue to develop well beyond those ages. Which puts a damper on the concept people don't change. Maturity is subjective also. Many responsible adults still retain fun childish personalities (guilty here) and maybe refered to as immature yet take care of their finances and life's issues better than their critics. Being a stiff mono characteristic person doesn't make you mature. In fact in some people's eyes it just makes you a prick. Many successful overly money focused business people have this attribute.
I think I finally matured around age 31-32. Not that I matured in a way I noticed. I still find things as funny now as I did when I was a teenager. If anything in that sense I’m more immature now because I’ll probably attempt to do it myself rather than watch and laugh. My maturity is that I’m brave enough now, comfortable enough and don’t care what anyone thinks.
for my own life experience I feel that I never been able to mature in all about life even in this age while am almost 34 but it's true that with different matters as I have gone through with experience about them it matured me from my earlier age , for an example which mistake I did in choosing of life partner at age of 14 I never will do again in this age
Mature in what way? In some ways people ever mature.
I’ve been to estate sales where elderly people walk through disrespecting all the items of the deceased.. Where those
In terms of romance and being more serious about their relationships? I doubt it’s an age thing but an experience thing. If some people are left to get away with their bad behaviors towards others. They never mature. If someone learns a hard lesson through a relationship or after a relationship. They have a chance ti gain introspection and mature.
All in all I don’t feel there’s a difference between male and female maturity. It’s all just information, knowledge, experience. And then how they process those things, and reflect the process through their actions. Different ages, as well as different interactions and experiences with others will yield different results.
The neuroscience says around 25, but maturity is an ongoing process. With hindsight I would say that 18 (since 1969 the legal age of majority where I come from) is a generous evaluation of when 'adulthood' begins, but not excessively so. However, I would not want it to be any lower.
@supersnipe These days it seems younger generations just don't want to take responsibility. I call that immaturity. Back in the day, younger people seemed more mature.
I don’t think age matters for maturity. It’s more of a experience thing. Yes, typically older people have more experiences which helps with maturity, but not always. Some people grow old while having done very little in life.
I assume that you are referring to Mental Maturity and not the physical since it's not clear as you stress on "Really". Mental maturity basically depends on exposure in life. The current education system prevents the young from worldly exposure as they are harnessed by parents & education. So most of them never mature as they take everything for granted and think that's the way it is. Most display an attitude problem and possess an intolerant disposition. In the past 35 was the age for maturity but now the world needs an examination to issue a Maturity certificate, like driving license.
These days it seems that maturity rates are stunted. My grandmother, born in 1896 got married at the age of 15 and helped run a homestead farm with my grandfather. It was a huge responsibly, to cook, clean, do laundry, have a garden & put up food in jars, take care of the animals etc. back then, no electricity & modern day appliances. It was do or die back then with no assistance from the government if things didn’t work out.
It depends on several factors. I matured at 18. I had my own apartment, a car, a job and was paying grown up bills, some people take on grown up responsibilities even sooner.
It's different for everyone and I also believe their are different types of maturity. A few manage before 20. Most in the mid to late 20s. Some people never do completely.
In some African tribes the men as a group take the boys at 13 out on a 10 day hunt and teach them life skills like capturing prey, skinning them and bringing home the meat for the klan. From then on the tribe considers him a man and expected to marry and take care of his own family from that point on. No excuses.
In contemporary modern times up until circa 1960s the same was more or less expected in most Western societies. What we see now is the growth of an extended adolescence clear into their 30s in our 'sophisticated' civilization. You tell me, who is the 'mature' group?
I was thinking mature thoughts along having a wife and somehow a good home and solid foundation at the age of 13 I did not watch cartoons when I was young I was not interested in them