The sixteen year old kid has a brain, maybe, and, With that brain, should it in fact, exist AND should That kid have some grasp of the idea that He will indeed get older and will continue to be in Need of things that, one day, mommy and daddy won't be there to provide, And, thusly armed with the brain that grasps the concept of future and certain knowledge of constant need, SEES that the ability to Meet those needs can be, no, WILL be, affected by his abilities to develop saleable skills.
He can choose to improve himself, up to his intellectual limitations.

I see people all the time, working menial jobs,... that I can't imagine facing everyday... and they are awesome...
Just watched this vid,.. and I can't even tell what some of them are doing... but, it's art, poetry, ballet, and zen... wrapped up in a life...
People,.. truly are AMAZING...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dxOWmPrpFQ



In my teens,... I did work at a printers...
I started as a flyer... that, consists of taking the papers that are spit from the presses... and straightening, stacking and binding them into stackable bundles...
180,000,... 64 page flyers every Friday morning,.. from 5:30am to 7:30 am... filling 8 skids 8ft high...
... and I flew, bound, and stacked, every one of them...
I did this for less than a year... 50 to 60hrs a week, and burn't out...
I got really fast, and pretty strong...  but, I never felt proud or respectable... I just hated it...
I love that people can find satisfaction from this kind of work,... but I never have...
I liked the challenge... but, the routine kills me...
...plus,.. that ink?... don't wash off... (bathing, head to toe, in acetone every evening takes a toll)...