Being 'Childish', and being 'Mature'

When we used to be children or currently we talk to children, quite often we could hear or retort,_"Don't be childish", although there is nothing wrong in children being 'childish'; it is part of their growing up process.As we grow up, we are supposed to be 'mature',and unlike children start thinking of and judging the same situations differently. Even we start behaving differently under the garb of maturity.But how many of us really become truly mature when we grow up?
As we grow up, we start using different kind of standards to our thinkings_ some traditionally used by society, some others introduced by ourselves. But do you really become 'mature' of our thinking? It is the time we like to scold children as 'childish', probably because we see the reflection of ourselves, rather than the child being 'chilsish. On the other hand, although the a child may behave 'childishly', he or shecan behave much maturedly than a matured one; for example, children more than often would not judge the background,social stature etc. with another child if the child is equal or competitive enough to match his or her intelligence; the other child will be included into their peer group. Unless, of course he or she is imbibed with the idea of discrimination on basis of social status etc. by older ones.Therefore, while the criteria of judgment of a child is far more 'matured' one, that of a so called matured or older person may be much more 'childish' or 'immature'.(the view is made completely out of observation than relating to any psychological theory).

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