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An interesting (I thought) moral dilemma 16:59 - Jul 27 with 548 views

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/newsbeat-53519098/fortnite-s-british-teenage-milli

So this 15 year old wins $1m on Fortnight. Well done to him. Seems a nice lad.

He buys his mum a house. She comes across as a lovely lady too. Nothing at all sinister about the two of them and I wish them both all the best. Pleased for them.

Just made me wonder about the loop hole if you will of stuff like this and how it could be abused by other parents / adults.

A child wins a large sum of money but is not able to buy a house, so the parent, who clearly has control of the funds (instead of them being placed in a fund until the child is 18 when they can choose to do what they want) could utilise them for however they wish, for example put pressure on a child to buy them a house / car / holiday under the 'I've looked after you your whole life emotional plea / demand'.

I was just surprised this was allowed. You could argue a naÃ¯ve 18 year old could get their money and be pressured by their parent anyway into doing such like, but just struck me as odd that, whilst the expectation is on the parent to do their best for the child, surely at some stage the odds are there will be a parent that doesn't.

If I became an adult and found my dad had spent all my money on something they convinced me was in my best interest at the time, matters I am deemed too young to understand and decide on, I'd be taking it up with the lawmakers.

Anyway. Probably me drivelling on madly but just thought it was strange for kids not to have money like this placed into a fund.

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An interesting (I thought) moral dilemma on 20:39 - Jul 27 with 440 views

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Wins $1m for coming second. I’m in the wrong job.

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An interesting (I thought) moral dilemma on 20:50 - Jul 27 with 428 views

Coastalblue

I think there have been numerous cases of this sort of thing happening with child actors.
Didn't Macualay Caulkin sue his parents over money?

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