Hello aculady.
Thank you, yes, you make several good points. It's wonderful to meet someone here with a slightly 'older' child, and I'm glad your daughter has found her next move. There is indeed necessary information to be learned in whichever field we enter, and unless one is adept at primarily gleaning it for oneself, it does seem that college will be beneficial. And I keep telling myself that our son also needs another few years within some kind of umbrella in order to mature in wisdom as well as anything else. I couldn't agree more with the observation that inner motivation is key, too. I would say that our son flat out successfully avoids anything he sees as pointless - but likewise, commits 110% to an area that becomes a passion. In that case, he does learn largely through independent research, but I still think that some kind of accountability may be important in the formative stages of learning (business or otherwise). Business as a minor sounds like a good idea.
