Concept in Definition ABC

Maturation is known as the process by which any living being grows and develops until it reaches its maximum point fullness. Maturation is a process because it does not happen from one moment to the next, but occurs from the unleashing of certain events and elements. In some cases, maturation can last brief moments (as for example in some insects) while in other living beings it can take years (as for example, humans).

We can say that all living beings go through a maturation process that makes them come out of their most fragile and vulnerable stage to become fully and fully developed beings who can fend for themselves and leave offspring to maintain the species. In the case of human beings, maturation is a very complex process since it involves notions and issues not only physical or biological but also social and cultural that greatly influence the way in which the individual goes forming his personality and identity.

When we talk about the maturation of the human being, specialists have marked different stages. The first one is the

childhood (also subdivided nowadays into several childhoods), the one in which the children kids they are defenseless, fragile and must be assisted by adults to survive. Childhood is considered to be up to 10 years, at which time the child enters the stage of puberty and pre-adolescence. At this point they begin to develop a certain autonomy and seek to question the world around them. Adolescence is perhaps the last part of maturation, the one in which the individual finishes forming his identity, his interests and faces fears, insecurities, etc. to finally enter adulthood.

However, this classification in stages it is very rigid and today human society presents many variants to them. In this sense, there are societies in which the child is considered an adult after the age of 10 and others in which young people show traits of immaturity and adolescence even after 25 years. This represents substantial changes with the idea of ​​maturation and that is why the concept itself must be carefully analyzed in each case.

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