You could talk about the Nurse and Friar Lawrence. For the most part, they're the only level-headed characters in the play. Both are adults, in elder years. Most other characters act irresponsibly and childishly. For example, Romeo, Juliet, and their friends (Mercutio, Tybalt, etc.), are presented as hot-headed, quick to move, and easily infatuated. Friar Lawrence calls attention to this when Romeo goes to him to ask Lawrence to perform his marriage to Juliet. Friar Lawrence mentions that just the previous day, Romeo had been bemoaning his unrequited love for Rosaline. He warns against Romeo acting too quickly. In this way, Lawrence calls attention to Romeo's childish nature, that he is like a child who moves from one toy to another without pause.
The nurse is similar. Following Romeo's banishment, Romeo mopes in Friar Lawrence's cell. Even the Nurse tells him to grow up!
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