Maturity can be defined to as the development of spiritual, intellectual, emotional, and volitional capacity of an individual. Other people refer to it as the ability of an individual to act responsibly. It is believed that adults are supposed to be responsible, and hence mature. However, in this essay, it is asserted that maturity and age are completely different. Whereas some people may mature very early, some will take a long time. Currently, young people are exposed to a lot of information from a very tender age. As compared to the past, today, the internet and some television programs offer bulk of information that has adult content. Even so, so many of them do not act responsibly. Rather, they have been involved in irresponsible behaviors such as drugs and substance abuse. Some of them have found it difficult to complete school and any other form of training. Simply, they have been unable to keep long-term commitments. Further still, they are unable to interact with adults well