Comments on: Cognitive and Emotional Maturity Diverge in Adolescents, Study Suggests

By: Miang

Miang — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:19:30 +0000

Adolescents experience an increase in their physical abilities to a certain extent and I think this triggers a false notion in them…that of being grown-up… Of being capable of handling any task…whether it involves physical or emotional ability…

By: Maddie

Maddie — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:42:52 +0000

It’s kind of like how there are so many young girls who look way older than what they really are. It takes a while for everything to catch up and all be on the same page.

By: Rudolph

Rudolph — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:37:23 +0000

It is true that teens think of themselves as being grown-up and might take things onto themselves which are actually a bit too much for them. Parental counseling can help in making them realise that they are not so ‘grown-up’ after all… this needs to be done so as to prevent any crime-related situation that are a possibility with any teen, and to keep them content and safe with themselves and their abilities.

By: Zeus

Zeus — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:14:55 +0000

Could’nt agree more. I turned 20 a couple of months ago, and when I reflect back to my teen-years, I can clearly recall that when I was 14, I felt like I was big and could take on bigger tasks and things, when I was 16, I laughed at what I thought when I was 14,but thought I could do those things then, later when I was 18, I laughed at what I thought while I was 16 for having been immatured,and thought I am 18 now and am indeed a grown-up, and now when I reflect back to being 18,I feel like I was still a kid then,but feel like am big now… and I’m pretty sure I would be smiling about what I think now a couple of hence… every teen,at different stages, thinks of himself as being a grown-up, but the truth is that real maturity does not occur until a person is in his 20s…