Maturity means that a person, animal, or plant has reached their final stage of growth. Someone who hasn’t reached that stage is immature. That’s easy to understand when it comes to physical ...

Have you ever been in an argument that feels unproductive? It’s a feeling most of us know all too well — but sometimes it can be frustrating to pinpoint exactly why you can never resolve your ...

As children, we look at our parents and assume they can do no wrong. Our mom is the one who takes care of us and sets the rules, so anything she says goes. However, not all parents are mature just ...

Many of us grow up with emotionally immature parents and may not know it. This is a key pattern seen in intergenerational trauma that is conditioned and maintained from one generation to the next. For ...

Picture this: You’re out on the town with your partner at a fancy new restaurant. Everything seems perfect. But when you try asking them about your future together, they keep switching the subject.

Arguing is hard enough in and of itself, but doing it with an emotionally immature person makes it all the more difficult. People who are emotionally immature struggle to communicate effectively. As a ...

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If your partner argues over little things, gets defensive, or refuses to compromise — among other traits that leave you feeling frustrated and confused — it very well may mean they are emotionally ...

The idea of parent is often taken to be someone perfect for their child, but alas, parents are not perfect. Since parents are people too, they are bound to be imperfect and make lots of mistakes.

A decade after it was published, the book “Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents” is surging in popularity and making people rethink their family dynamic. By Jessica Roy In 2021, Amber Nuño ...

Part of resilience is having the emotional maturity to set healthy boundaries with ourselves and others. This can be an especially hard job when dealing with emotionally immature (EI) people. Fatigue ...