re: The adult male will mature only when he's exhausted all other options.

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As a father of a son I wonder what I can do to speed up this process when the time comes. I probably won't be able to afford him 8 years of college to figure it all out.

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You could do what Scruffy's dad does.

You get 4 years of college. If you can't graduate by then, you pay for it yourself.