Parents Affecting A Child's Maturity Level

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We all have a friend or know someone who took a little longer to mature than everyone else. They may have acted like they were seven rather than acting their actual age. Maturity doesn't just mean you act like an adult, it means to act in an appropriate behavior and manner at the right time. A lot of people think that age is the only factor of maturity, but it's actually not. It is also based off parents, the environment, and puberty. The reasons why parents are affecting their child's maturity level is because some parents "hover over their kids". In the article The Marks of Maturity it says, "Parents who hover over their kids not allowing them to experience maturation. It's like the child who help the new butterfly break out of the cocoon, and realizes later that they have done a disservice to that butterfly," and that is exactly right. Parents think they're helping their children by shielding them from the real world and all its problems, but it's actually causing more problems for the future. Most of the time parents try protecting their …show more content…

In the article The Marks of Maturity it says, "Students today have been exposed to so much," and it goes on to say, "They've (students) consumed information on everything from cyberspace to sexual techniques before they graduate middle school. Everything is coming at them sooner." Today's generation is being exposed to everything and some mature faster because of it. Others take certain things as jokes and aren't as mature about it. A big part of maturity is due to the person's friends and who she/he spends time with. If a person has friends who are mostly older or more mature, we tend to pick up on those behaviors and without knowing it, we mimic those. Same goes for when people are friends with people who might still be immature, we mimic those behaviors too. The environment someone is in has a lot to do with their maturity

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