age and maturity,are they the same?

No, age has nothing to do with maturity. I know children who are more mature than 45 year olds. It has more to do with your personality, your life experiences, and how and what you choose to react and do with both. I have found an increasing amount of older people - older than myself - who have a surprisingly juvenile and childish view of things, no common sense, no regard for the common good, and are extremely selfish. They treat other people as if they are dispensible, replaceable, and not worth as much as they are. I have also met younger people who act this way. My thought is that the older people who act this way are influencing younger people - because with a role model like this, what else are you going to learn?

No they are not the same. I am only 22 years old and I am more mature than some 30-40 year olds I have met! I think that is very sad. I dont understand why people just dont grow-up. Alot of young people are growing up quicker these days. I had to grow up quick because I had a child young, so I had no choice. I cant stand when people think that age and maturity are the same thing, because they not the same. Good discussion.

I wish it were the same but it's not. I've seen far too many older people behave and say things that make me wonder if they are mentally a five year old. I've also seen the opposite happen. There are some teenagers that I have known are far more mature then their age alone. Just like with anything else we shouldn't judge people by just their age. We need to wait and see what people are like and not think just because they are a certain age they are going to act or be a certain way. Everyone is different and we need to accept that.

I don't think so. People can still be immature at an older age. When you talk about old though I wonder how old. Some people are old fasioned others have some form of dementia or are senile. Just because people are even mature does not mean they know what their talking about. I think just about everybody eventually matures somewhat though.

I do not think age has anything to do with it, but mostly getting older makes one more mature! Maturity is different to everybody!

I personally do not think age goes with maturity from the very beginning. I've met a lot of people who are older than me but seem to be naive in my opinion. Even though older people experience more, that doesn't meant that they think more about what they have been through and take them in. I am 21 years old and most of my friend who realize me consider me to be more mature than my age. But I do not deny that I am naive in some aspect.

i still think that mostly maturity comes with ages, but many times we look at the deviations from those facts. amny older peopel talk like children and in many cases younger ones act more mature way.

I believe that maturity is dependent upon the particular person in question, who they are as opposed to how old they are. I would say that wisdom, which I would define as different from maturity, comes with experience. And, since older people tend to have had more experience with life, the chances of them being wise are much higher then with, say, a sixteen year old. Even still though, you do get your times where that sixteen year old has experienced and learned far more then the older person. It's just not as common, in my opinion at least. To me, maturity is in how you handle yourself. It lies in not only what you say, but how you say it and to whom. It deals with being able to conduct oneself in a rational and fair manner, with dignity. In my experience, I've run into older people who could not accomplish this, nearly as often as I've run into twenty somethings who could accomplish it. Hence why I say that maturity has to do with who you are, rather then how many years you've been alive.

maturity is being able to be an adult, aging is getting old by years

I lived in a house where i had to grow up fast and take charge of younger sibs, take control of personal things for my parents and basically be in charge..so i learned how to talk and take control of the matter. Some people are Old souls and you can just tell by the way they are, in their manner and talk and then some still haven't learned that they aren't in High school anymore.

Age has absolutely nothing to do with maturity. Any one can be born and grow into adult hood, and become elderly. But you have to be conscious of the world around, how you react to that world, and how others react to that world, to become mature. There are many people up there in age, that act as if they had never spoken to another human being, they haven't learned respect or common curtosy, these people can not be regarded as mature. In the same way, there many young people who respond to situations with descensy and curtosy. They think about the situation before they respond, they think about others' feelings and how they would react to a situation, before responding to it. These people deserve to be considered mature.

Age and maturity are not the same thing. Many people are mature beyond their years, and others behave like children the whole of their lives.

No. Age and maturity are not the same. I observed that now a days..man become matured based on their experiences and it's not concerned the age. Thru environment and lifestyle..The people sorrounds us and influencing us in how we interact the situations.. Our mind interacting to our eyes and to our mouth. The way we think covered our whole identity and personality. Age is nothing to do about being mature.

its not that maturity is on age. Even they are old people they are that matured to understand everything.. they are retards sometimes...

Maturity does come with age,to a certain extent,but some people are better at fighting it off than others!

I would say that maturity does not come with age. I have a friend who maturity is beyond his age. The thing is the hardship or experiences in life can actually mature anyone even if they are in such a young age. And again, age is only a number. One can be as old as 60 years and still act and think like a person half his/her age.

age and maturity definitly do not go hand in hand. I know so many 50 year old men with "gilligan's syndrome" that it is pathetic. I have a brother who is 52 and acts as if he is still 18. I think it is good to be young at heart as long as you take care of yourself and your responsibilities.

I thinik maturity comes only when maturity comes. How a person is is determined by countkless factors, by what you like, by what you do and by what you have passed thru in your life (just to name a few). So maturity comes when the events in your life blend with your education and culture. The more you progress in your life, the more mature you become. Problem is that people have an idea of maturity that is absolute, while it obviously can not be since we are all different and all live a different learning in our lifes. I can mature in some things, and extremely immature in others..maturity is not one single thing, is a mixture of coutless.

That depends entirely on the person and how well brought up and well educated he or she was.Age just by itself does not mean much but age that is well bred and well educated does show maturity. It has to start from childhood and be nurtured and educated and raised properly to show maturity. an old person with little education and no parental upbringing will be the same type of person that they were in their young adulthood.

I dont think maturity comes with aging and i strongly believe that one matures with their day-to-day experiences and also the quality should be atleast a little inborn. It varies from each individual and how each one of them are brought up. Some people do age gracefully but that doesn't apply to everyone.