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Originally Posted by batshapedheart
Fellas, I think we are forgetting a couple of real facts, 1) Jake is 16, seriously how much maturity are you expecting out of him? .
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Bullseye. Fact is Jake's frontal lobe will still be developing until he's in his early to mid 20's.
The instinct for caution, be it fiscal or physical, has not fully developed.
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Originally Posted by batshapedheart
Also lets point out the 2nd fact, in this time and age the crowdfunding could work!
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Which is precisely the problem. If Jake were successful at begging, it would only encourage him (and his friends) to get things without working for them.
Meanwhile 16 year olds in Russia, China, India and other emerging nations are already onto advanced level studies, have that killer instinct to out-work their fellow students with the test scores to prove it. OTOH our 16 year olds spend all day on Instagram, Facebook and beg for money (albeit in novel ways) not to start a software business or to manufacture a new device but to fund leisure time activities or luxury.