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I JUST turned 18 and I feel like I'm still 16 years old- same life, same personality, everythings the same! I don't feel like an adult... at all... and I'm honestly scared to be one. I'm not mature in any way and I make dumb decisions all the time :/ I dont feel like i lived my teenage years as well as I could have -when other kids were going out and partying, I would stay at home and watch movies lol.
Voted yes because they're often very immature.
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Of course. There's no such thing as a peak maturity. If you're 15 or 45 you're still growing up in some ways. I think 18-19 year olds still have a lot of maturing to do on average but they are reaching adult-hood to the point where their decisions now have consequences that THEY have to deal with making the process of growing up more noticeable if anything.
Haha I'm 23 and still learning a lot and have a lot to learn. I'm very different from my 18 year old self, and even my 22 year old me was a jump from 20.
I think it has more to do with when big events occur, not a set time. For me going away for college, moving on after a breakup, and getting my first job in my field I'd say did this the most
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Not for me cuz I had two kids at 19 but probably for others
Yes. Growing up has less to do with chronological age and more to do with accepting the responsibility of your own actions and your own survival.
There are definitely a few teens who are grown up and handling adult responsibilities, but not many. In fact, with more and more people going to college, adulthood on average is delayed longer today than ever before.
Less than 100 years ago, 8th grade educations were the norm outside of areas of urban affluence, and it wasn't uncommon for boys of 16 or 17 to get married or get a farm or factory job and otherwise take on adult responsibilities. Girls frequently married at 14 or 15 and started having children. Today that is very rare in developed countries - though single mothers with the state playing the role of provider is all too common.
I am a much different man on my own, working a real job, 10 hours away from home at 23 than I was a high school student/college student at 18-19 years old.
This was actually a difficult time in my life and I had trouble being honest with myself about who I was and who I wanted to be. At my age now, I am not afraid of others judging me for what I like and do, and walk with confidence that I am making good choices.
Still growing up? No not for most of them I don't. And for anyone that would argue this point, maturity and age, there are some people that never grow up at all and some that are more grown up than a lot of people in their 30's before they even reach their teens. Society has confused growing up with intellect and experience and they are all completely different things.
Depends on the person, and largely the way they were raised and the circumstances they're in. I know people in their 20's and even 30's who are more like kids than me.
Here's something that may come across as a shock. I once knew a few people I went to high school with which they all acted like stupid dumbasses in their teens. They are now either close to or at their 40's and they're still acting like dumbasses & haven't matured at all. Pretty pathetic if you asked me.
Everyone matures at a different rate, and it's an active pursuit not a passive one, I've met 40-50 year old's who don't have an ounce of wisdom in their body, likewise I've met very young people who are wise beyond their years; just one of those things.
I think "growing up" should take place during high school, and that you should be a well adjusted and functioning adult by the time you go to college.
This is clearly not the case, especially not in the US.
Everyone is still growing up, whatever their age is, otherwise they're either self-limiting amd insecure, or just arrogant idiots.
A true master is an eternal student.
I must say I'm flattered how all those people in that multiracial photo are leaning towards the superior redhead in the middle.
Lame :/
Yes.
Im a completly different person now in so many aspects, and im only 24
Its crazy what can happen as you get older
I think growth is something everyone does at every age i hear all people of all ages say they are just learning 'NOW' XYZ.
You barely know your ass from your elbow when you’re that age. Even more frightening, you usually THINK you have it all figured out😂
I think people stay five until they reach their mid to late 20's.
But some people are naturally too mature for their age, like me. I was born already three.
Yes. The idea that you reach “maturity “ and then you’ve got all you need is an illusion for the young and the foolish.
I view everybody under the age of 20 as a child - even if they are 19. The age of consent is 16 in Canada but I believe it should be 20.
Yes, I think people become fully mature at 30
Every year i find myself developing in so many ways
at 30 most people figure out who they are, what their role is and why they exist
Yes, I'm 24 and I'm still growing up to be honest XD
Oh for sure, mentally if I compare myself from then to now it's major and I grew like two centemetres last year
I think most 40 and 50 year olds are still "growing up" lol maturity isn't very dependant on age
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