Are young people less mature this generation

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A discussion I was having with my mother (64), sister (42) and aunt (67) about young people aged between 18-25. Essentially we were questioning whether they're less mature due to gaining world experience at a much later age. For example my mother and sister at 18 had moved out, learned to drive and had a steady career whereas today that is less common. Granted this is mostly the governments fault as they encourage you to stay in education till 25 and as useful as that is academical colleges / uni's generally are their own self contained realities.

Personally I know not EVERY 18-25 is less mature than that age group 20 years ago BUT I suspect a large majority are in personal experience. What's your opinion?

[Ripster42]

My opinion is that your mom, sister, and aunt, have some great pink glasses when talking about how mature their generation was.

[Independent voter]

The brain of the human male isn't fully mature until 24 or so and it's been this way for 5,000 years or more.

Wasn't long ago that you'd get married and move in with your parents or move into the hut next to your parents and they would take care of you and your wife and your kids, with your help of course.

[TITAN308]

I think a better question would be "Are young people more coddled than previous generations?"

aka Safe Zones

[Super Kami Dende]

Yes, younger people are far more immature these days due mostly to the fact they are coddled extremely and all suffer special snowflake syndrome and panic when anyone criticizes them in the real world.

The rise of the Overly-offended SJW culture shows just how immature they are.

[Gamdwelf]

Young people now are probably more mature but based different metrics.

Maybe it's just me.

[Deleted]

I was born in the wrong generation.

[Mad_Murdock]

I think the answer is yes, but for different reasons. My dad grew up in the farmlands in the 50-60s. He talks about "walking to town" that was 7-8 miles away and the roads were mostly dirt, sometimes by himself, He talked about doing it as early as age 10. He talked about driving a tractor around the farm around age 12 and doing other such chores.

Mom and dad both talk about how things were when they grew up and how you can't do any of those things anymore. Even my wife talks about being in Germany when she was 12-15 and was hoping trains all over the place and walking 2 miles to the school.

A lady I worked with the other day talked about getting her 11 and 12 year old daughters cell phones because of a busing change and they had to ride the bus an hour to get to their middle school.

Has life makes things easier, we tend to let the kids to less and less on their own and thus the chance to mature and grow is delayed.

[muto]

I don't know about more or less mature, but people generally start their lives later now. Most people get married in their late 20s/early 30s now, instead of their early to mid 20s. And it's not uncommon for people to stay with their parents well into their 20s now either.

[Deleted]

I would guess without knowing shit about it that the whole social foundation has changed due to the internet and thus breeding socially immature humans. Young people does not know that you have to break boundaries in order to mature and they can flee from that sitting behind their phone, PC and TV and just deleting their "friends" from their life that does not agree with their own views.

I would call this era: The big social runaway!

[Graeham]

I think a better question would be "Are young people more coddled than previous generations?"

aka Safe Zones

Mm. There's also a real lack of useful life skills being taught in schools and critical thinking is often discouraged from an early age.

[Shinra1]

Your family (you included) are old farts who are being nostalgic and not very truthful about the past. I also have an issue with you equating a driving license to maturity which is ridiculous if you think about it. Kylie Jenner drives and has her own house and 'career' but you wouldn't say she was mature or even intelligent.


Adam you always have weird opinions that make no sense please don't make threads.

[Deleted]

I do remember reading somewhere bout the rise of the "man-child".

Maybe people simply have it too good. You will not encounter something simular in countries where you literally have to grind your way towards a decent living.

[Felya]

I think a better question would be "Are young people more coddled than previous generations?"

aka Safe Zones

Their generation was protecting them from Elvis's hips and coined the term 'flower power'.

[Gheld]

Maturity, other than physical maturity, is mostly just a vapid, low hanging, fruit of discussion, with a nebulous definition that just gets twisted to suit various narratives whilst shielding the user from opposing view points.

[Shinra1]

Yes, younger people are far more immature these days due mostly to the fact they are coddled extremely and all suffer special snowflake syndrome and panic when anyone criticizes them in the real world.

The rise of the Overly-offended SJW culture shows just how immature they are.

Actually having different opinions and the confidence and capacity to articulate them is a sign of maturity. Kids were seen but not heard before but now kids have opinion, mature opinions and at very young ages. In fact many children care for their disabled or otherwise failing older parents/guardians so go on and tell them they're immature.


You're another old fart.

[ItachiZaku]

The 18-25 year olds I tend to hang around with now are a lot different from those the same age I hung out with at tha... wait... no, no they aren't actually. They are the same group of drunks they've always been.

[Grimbold21]

Im 28 and i still act as i were 18. Screw getting old

[Deleted]

Why does everything has to be somebodies fault? Being able to stay in education to 25 to me means, you can study, vist a university. How is moore education bad? Not that it helps by the tone that some posters on this forum use....but in theory.

That said. I studied and worked to finance university myself. My son did not study, has a job and moved out at 21. So..there is your anecdotal evidence vs mine.

Going back to my parents and grand parents, well, yeah..they lived in war times, children usually left school at 14 (that is when my dad learned his job) and they had kids by the age of 23. But it is not like you don't have that in our generation (my GF had her daughter at the age of 20) and there sure as shit are teen moms today.

is that a sign of "maturity"?

Well the government recently increased minimum wage by 50p for those over 25. That's not really going to incent those under 25 to work. Education isn't bad, but encouraging people to stay in education for the sake of it is bad... We already have an influx of students spending years on useless vanity qualifications only to leave and unable to get work

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Your family (you included) are old farts who are being nostalgic and not very truthful about the past. I also have an issue with you equating a driving license to maturity which is ridiculous if you think about it. Kylie Jenner drives and has her own house and 'career' but you wouldn't say she was mature or even intelligent.


Adam you always have weird opinions that make no sense please don't make threads.

That's rich coming from you

Learning to drive at a young age is incredibly important in furthering an independent life and successful career (unless living in a city)

[Shinra1]

I do remember reading somewhere bout the rise of the "man-child".

Maybe people simply have it too good. You will not encounter something simular in countries where you literally have to grind your way towards a decent living.

Yep, you're referring to the "masculinity crisis" that is upon us in the west where previously privileged white men are suffering from the pressures of rapid economic and social change which have placed a massive strain on the masculine identity. For example, men are more likely to take their own lives than women, have lower educational attainment at all levels of the education system, are more likely to be homeless, and are less likely to access health services.