Maturity maybe just pessimism and reluctance disguised under intelligent comments

You know as you grow up, adults will flock around certain young people and start ranting on non-stop about how mature he or she is for her age, being able to look after their siblings, understanding the adult's point of view, etc etc.  Are they really mature? Or are they actually just avoiding the issue totally? Who decides on maturity?

Some adults think when a youth agrees with their point of view, the kiddo must be damn mature. Possibly, the adult could be the immature one in the first place. Human nature dictates that we care for ourselves first. We were all born selfish. Only few have made it crossed the line into selflessness.

Some adults also have the mentality that if a kid can see the negatives like they do, maturity abounds within. How many people actually joyfully pick up other people's job/responsibilities or should I say, mess? Most jump to the quick conclusion that it's not my problem, why should I do so? Shouldn't they do their job? I've done my part. The next part of this is when they start picking out the negatives by highlighting their positives. Since I did my job well, the other guy is just lazy or useless. They don't know how to do such a simple job.

When a kid starting yakking away at how things should be done, how he would do so if he was responsible, how things are just unfair and yet does totally nothing to help the situation. Think twice, thrice before the "M" word goes into your train of thought.