<p>" he has a 10-day off/on summer job, one at which he is very responsible, with everything else he is totally irresponsible."</p>
<p>I don't care if he works 30 hours a week. Work doesn't really have to do anything with maturity. You can have no job and go to school and still be more mature than someone who has a job.</p>
<p>Your son sounds like someone who is very immature and doesn't act his age.</p>
<p>Agreed, I know a couple of 15 year olds [his friends actually when he was that age] who were more responsible at that age than he is now.</p>
<p>More laws more money for lawyers! Everything is a felony- having a beer, getting into a fight with a friend you name it or hey Never tell a joke in front of a feminist you're finished forever. It just makes the lawyers rich and the kids sneak around. Totally miserable way to grow up!</p>