What Ready Looks Like

Readiness is less about age than about whether they can handle real friction without you in the room. A teen close to launch can usually:

• Recover from a mistake without a parent smoothing it over
• Book their own appointment and actually show up
• Push back politely on an adult when something is wrong
• Sit with a hard feeling instead of needing it fixed at once
• Ask for help clearly, then act on the answer

Missing a few is normal. They simply mark where to keep practicing.