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<p>IMHO, adult maturity is having/taking 100% responsibility for our own emotional, physical, spiritual, and financial well being.</p>
<p>Yes, there are some 16 year olds who do this, and some 50 year olds who don't, but the bigger part of society reaches this stage at 26 in recent generations--according to a human growth and development psychology professor I had.</p>