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%RIGHTS OF IMMATURITY 770105
Children are granted certain considerations and
rights in light of their immaturity. It is not in the
interest of the community as a whole to expect of children
what may reasonably be expected of mature adults. It is
reasonable to expect that children will seek to grow
physically, intellectually, emotionally and spiritually --
- with due regard for other persons' rights. The rights
which are granted to children are intended to promote such
growth to maturity and to full ability to contribute to
the long-range welfare of the total community.
Many persons of mature age are immature physically
intellectually, emotionally and/or spiritually. What
rights should such immature people be granted in
consideration of their immaturity? Clearly they should be
granted such rights as are essential to their growth to
maturity, full productivity and the ability to contribute
to the welfare of the community. The rights which they
are granted should not encourage continuation of
immaturity, nor should they cost unduly to those who have
grown to maturity. The people who make the effort to
achieve maturity should not be unjustly penalized in
granting rights to those who did not make the effort to
achieve maturity. To so penalize the mature is to
discourage maturation --- and so compound the problem. A
wise solution to a problem will not make the problem grow
worse. Penalizing the mature to protect the immature from
the need to mature---is not a wise solution to the problem
occasioned by the presence in society of immature people.
Emotionally immature people are often offended by the
behavior of emotionally mature people. The immature are
troubled by an awareness of emotional relationships
entered into by emotionally mature people. In an effort to
avoid such troubling awareness some members of the society
may seek to forbid the kinds of mature relationships which
trouble the emotionally immature people. Such efforts to
protect the emotionally immature will not be wise ---
because they will tend to undermine adults emotional
growth and compound the problem that the efforts were
intended to solve. The long-term welfare of the total
community must be carefully considered in attempting to
grant rights to emotionally immature people. The rights
of emotionally mature people must at the same time be
given high priority if unwise solutions are to be avoided.
(c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in
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