Emotional maturity refers to your ability to understand, and manage, your emotions. It enables you to create the life you desire. A life filled with happiness and fulfilment. You define success in your own terms, not societies, and you strive to achieve it. Emotional maturity is closely linked to social development. Children learn to recognize and regulate emotions through their relationships with adults and other children. Research shows developing emotional maturity, or emotional intelligence (EQ), in childhood sets your child up for success for the rest of their lives.