Part of childhood is having freedom to basically play at / study what you want, without having to worry about paying the bills / social approval, etc. That's wh

Part of childhood is having freedom to basically play at / study what you want, without having to worry about paying the bills / social approval, etc. That's what he's doing. So, there's a possibility that this is exactly what he wants to do. The danger is he may not have had a lot of time to sample other interests, so he's doing the first thing he was good at, while there may be more optimal (for his happiness) alternatives that get closed off by this focus. Also, if he has a close group of friends and moving to university will separate them, that's something that can be quite traumatic. Can you tell I'm ambivalent? I'm speaking from experience. The goal of my entrepreneurship is pretty much to return to a state where I can work on whatever I fancy, without having to worry about how to pay the bills (and without sacrificing the obligations I've accumulated).