The need for surgery must be evaluated on a case-by-case basis, plastic surgeons say, because children mature physically and emotionally at varying rates.

A separate story arc follows de Rossi's character as she matures emotionally under the influence of the other two models and Estella's advice.

He falls in love, gets married and has a child, and as time goes by he grows in wisdom and matures emotionally.

Aya herself is not left out of the character development as she refines her ballet technique and matures emotionally throughout the narrative.

But Wissel cautioned that he thought Bryant should stay in school, for at least a year or two more, "to hone the skills, to mature physically and emotionally."

During this time, Carol matures emotionally and intellectually at an exponential rate, becoming fully articulate and learning how to beat Gonzu at chess.

The slight disparity in these figures is surely down to the fact that girls mature both physically and emotionally earlier than boys, and is hardly a new phenomenon.

And each experience helps you to mature emotionally.

"Most of us wish these players would go to college to get more seasoning and to mature emotionally and physically," Grunfeld said.

It also may teach you something new about yourself and help you mature emotionally.