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Post by Speckley on May 21, 2010 20:58:33 GMT -5
What does it mean to you?
Does it mean that you have to be serious all the time in order to be mature? Or is maturity the ability to be serious when it matters?
Is immaturity making ["potty"] jokes all the time? Is it something more than that?
What do you think?
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Post by Insane_Zang on May 21, 2010 21:02:11 GMT -5
*stays out of this thread*
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Post by brumagem on May 21, 2010 21:05:07 GMT -5
Maturity is knowing the 'when's and the 'how's.
Immaturity, merely the 'what's and the 'who's.
Wisdom, the 'why's (say it aloud).
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Post by MusicIsMyLife4Eva89 on May 21, 2010 21:06:07 GMT -5
I think maturity means to be serious when it matters.
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Post by Insane_Zang on May 21, 2010 21:07:03 GMT -5
I think maturity means to be serious when it matters. Oh, pfft, I can do that! By those standards, that means Asher is mature...
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Post by MusicIsMyLife4Eva89 on May 21, 2010 21:10:45 GMT -5
Insane_Zang was that to imply that Asher isn't mature? Because from how I know him, he is very mature and knows a lot about a lot of things. Just because he makes jokes all the time doesn't mean he's immature.
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Post by brumagem on May 21, 2010 21:11:10 GMT -5
I think maturity means to be serious when it matters. I think that's called 'respect'.
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Post by Johncoyne on May 21, 2010 21:33:05 GMT -5
Maturity is knowing right from wrong, and standing up for it.
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Post by jokerdevakijinx on May 21, 2010 21:36:59 GMT -5
Maturity, to me, is to know the difference between childishness and sensibility and to have a good understanding of each. It doesn't mean to let go of childishness at all, but to have a good grasp on that and sensibility, and especially when to use each of them.
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Post by Trey on May 21, 2010 21:49:13 GMT -5
Maturity, to me, is to know the difference between childishness and sensibility and to have a good understanding of each. It doesn't mean to let go of childishness at all, but to have a good grasp on that and sensibility, and especially when to use each of them. What is childishness to you?
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Post by Lyserg Zeroz on May 21, 2010 21:49:27 GMT -5
Being serious all the time is not maturity...is boring.
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Post by thequirkyduo on May 21, 2010 21:54:20 GMT -5
i think that maturity is not about being serious all of the time. its about having tact. in some ways refusing to let loose on occasion and express yourself, whether that means acting your age (or sometimes even younger) is more immature. i have a cousin for example, whom refuses to dress like people her age, participate in school activities, or really have any fun at all from the time she was about 12 years old on. she is now almost 20, and she certainly looks more mature for her age. but isn't part of maturity also having life experience? if you stay reserved and bottled up all of the time, how can you be expected to have a well-rounded, mature conversation with someone who actually has REAL life experience.
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Post by jokerdevakijinx on May 21, 2010 22:34:56 GMT -5
What is childishness to you? Childishness to me... well I honestly take my beliefs from biblical terms and also that childishness has a sense of wisdom. Children are the most open-minded and can accept anything that is otherwise more so unbelievable to a mindset adult. Children, although they don't expect to die, live life as if they're going to die tomorrow. Absolute excitement, easily impressed, fascination, fun! Just pleasant to be with. Children are capable of pure faith and hope. They are capable of outstanding dreams. And they are capable of experiencing new things and realising that they still have much to learn. That is the meaning of a child in my opinion. I probably haven't covered everything, but each adult could use some of each of those and would do very well with the sensibility to understand that. T'is my opinion ^^ and works well for me. Are there flaws I should consider? please clarify.
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Post by kshults on May 21, 2010 23:17:27 GMT -5
I define maturity by how one handles situations. To fly off the handle at every hitch, is immature in my mind. For instance, my little brother is a few feet away from me cursing about how he keeps dying in a video game he's playing, that to me is immature. Exploding in anger in general, to me, seems a bit immature, it means that they have no options left, or otherwise no immediate sensibility... their first instinct is chaos and childish self indulgence (because lets face it, it feels good to let out anger on the spot)
I suppose I'd say immaturity is showing excessive emotion for attention's sake, but that's not always true, and makes me sound emotionless and boring... it's a hard subject to define really
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Post by Joey on May 21, 2010 23:27:33 GMT -5
Maturity is doing the rightest things you can at all times. So being funny and having fun is the right thing at alot of times. So yea
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Post by Insane_Zang on May 21, 2010 23:28:42 GMT -5
It apparently isn't about grammar
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Post by jokerdevakijinx on May 21, 2010 23:41:30 GMT -5
Kshults, I think you hit that right on the spot. =\ Guess I'm not altogether there, then.
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Post by lydia on May 21, 2010 23:45:47 GMT -5
Being mature is being able to take responsibility for your decisions through good or bad outcomes.
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Post by Ryan on May 22, 2010 0:13:10 GMT -5
*stays out of this thread* @ Zang - I thought you were going to do this ^^ anyways: Maturity (on a forum at least) is knowing the right things to say at the right times to say them. Immaturity is more easily defined. When one is immature they are disrespectful, irresponsible, and uncaring. So I guess maturity, is the opposite of that.
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Post by stephen5000 on May 22, 2010 1:10:07 GMT -5
I think maturity is just a concept that means whatever people want it to to give them control over the actions of other people. Parents telling their kids to be more mature is just instilling a particular mode of thinking and acting (& it can vary greatly from case to case).
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