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While it has been shown that older persons are generally more mature, psychological maturity is not determined by one's age.[1] However, for [[legal]] [[purpose]]s, people are not considered psychologically mature enough to perform certain tasks (such as driving, consenting to [[sex]], signing a binding contract or making medical [[decisions]]) until they have reached a certain age. In [[fact]], judge Julian Mack, who helped create the juvenile court system in the United States, said that juvenile [[justice]] was based on the [[belief]] that young people do not always make good decisions because they are not mature, but this means that they can be reformed more easily than adults.[2] However, the relationship between psychological maturity and age is a difficult one, especially when it comes to the [[law]]. Immaturity is often used to distinguish between adolescents and adults, and there has been much debate over how to tell if someone is mature, especially regarding social issues like abortion.[3]

While it has been shown that older persons are generally more mature, psychological maturity is not determined by one's age.[1] However, for [[legal]] [[purpose]]s, people are not considered psychologically mature enough to perform certain tasks (such as driving, consenting to [[sex]], signing a binding contract or making medical [[decisions]]) until they have reached a certain age. In [[fact]], judge Julian Mack, who helped create the juvenile court system in the United States, said that juvenile [[justice]] was based on the [[belief]] that young people do not always make good decisions because they are not mature, but this means that they can be reformed more easily than adults.[2] However, the relationship between psychological maturity and age is a difficult one, especially when it comes to the [[law]]. Immaturity is often used to distinguish between adolescents and adults, and there has been much debate over how to tell if someone is mature, especially regarding social issues like abortion.[3]

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The more complex [[civilization]] becomes, the more difficult will become the [[art of living]]. The more rapid the changes in social usage, the more complicated will become the task of [[character]] development. Every ten generations mankind must learn anew the art of living if progress is to continue. And if man becomes so ingenious that he more rapidly adds to the complexities of [[society]], the art of living will need to be remastered in less time, perhaps every single generation. If the [[evolution]] of the art of living fails to keep pace with the [[technique]] of existence, [[humanity]] will quickly revert to the simple urge of living--the attainment of the satisfaction of present desires. Thus will [[humanity]] remain immature; society will fail in growing up to full maturity.[http://www.urantia.org/cgi-bin/webglimpse/mfs/usr/local/www/data/papers?link=http://mercy.urantia.org/papers/paper160.html&file=/usr/local/www/data/papers/paper160.html&line=33#mfs]

The more complex [[civilization]] becomes, the more difficult will become the [[art of living]]. The more rapid the changes in social usage, the more complicated will become the task of [[character]] development. Every ten generations mankind must learn anew the art of living if progress is to continue. And if man becomes so ingenious that he more rapidly adds to the complexities of [[society]], the art of living will need to be remastered in less time, perhaps every single generation. If the [[evolution]] of the art of living fails to keep pace with the [[technique]] of existence, [[humanity]] will quickly revert to the simple urge of living--the attainment of the satisfaction of present desires. Thus will [[humanity]] remain immature; society will fail in growing up to full maturity.[https://www.urantia.org/cgi-bin/webglimpse/mfs/usr/local/www/data/papers?link=https://mercy.urantia.org/papers/paper160.html&file=/usr/local/www/data/papers/paper160.html&line=33#mfs]

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