Age Isn't Maturity

Old doesn't equal mature, not by a long shot. People who are mature claim their personal power to choose their behavior AND be responsible for the consequences. They don't blame other people and things for their circumstances. They are humble without self-effacing.

Aging does give your time to develop maturity. Although not everyone takes advantage of that. If you haven't matured by the time you are fifty you will have a tough time being seventy. Because with age often comes situations that are very uncomfortable and blaming others only makes it worse. By then we need to accept that what happens to us is not as important as how we deal with it.

Good parents model responsibility and teach it to their children by giving them logical/natural consequences for their behaviors. If they don't, the kids grow up spoiled and angry complainers tha blame others for everything in their life.

If you grew up like that, you can re-parent yourself by recognizing your personal power to choose,  by learning to take responsibility for all of your choices, by making choices based on their likely consequences, and by accepting your own limitations.

Growing old is easier if you are grown up!