Maturity



MATURITY­
BY BADRU FIHINFOLUWA
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This has been generally misinterpreted over time. Many people can tell if a person act immaturely-even the immature ones, but cannot define the term maturity.

Is maturity age? Is it body status? Is it achievement? What really is maturity? Let's find out.

The offline English Dictionary explains maturity to be the state of being mature, ready or ripe that is ready for use. A person without enough knowledge on a particular topic or title cannot win an argument against a person with full knowledge about the issue.Image result for maturity

Maturity is the act of applying required knowledge that has been acquired over time when situation calls for it. It is an act therefore it is reacting to a situation in the right way and at the right time.

If I join a discussion without having enough knowledge about it, how can I be tagged immature. If I have the required knowledge and I don't apply it, I can be tagged immature.

Maturity appears in all levels and sector of one’s life. You can be morally mature, emotionally mature, sexually mature, and academically mature and so on.
I can be indomitable in business but lack morality or even be emotionally unstable. That is, I am emotionally as well as morally immature.

If I have attained a marriageable age and I don't know how to sustain a relationship; I am maritally immature (I am not ready for marriage). I can be financially independent and equally financially immature (I have limited knowledge on how to maximize fund).

In the same vein, immaturity is having limited or no knowledge about a particular situation. It can also be said as the inability to apply acquired knowledge when necessary (Talking out of context is an example)

Similarly, knowing too much, too soon can result to immaturity. A
Child that knows how to lie at a very tender age will grow up to be a trickster; and that can be really dangerous.Image result for maturity

Sociology professor Tony Campolo said, I am convinced we dont live in a generation of bad kids. We live in a generation of kids who know too much too soon.
                                  

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