” I personally think the boy saying he is not mature enough is a cop out “
exactly.
How does a person mature?
A person matures by accepting responsibility.
A person matures by staying put and learning as he goes - even when it’s tough.
The only thing he is doing is delaying his maturity.
Running away just keeps his status perpetually at “immature”
Exactly. You get it. It’s not a tough concept. We infantilize our children by not making them accept responsibility, so now we have an upcoming generation of grown up babies. (and that is we in general, I suspect more Freepers, as a group do not raise their kids like that, since responsibility is a hallmark of real conservatism).