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“After agreeing to an exculpatory clause or purchasing some item, such as a computer, minors often seek to avoid the contracts. Today’s minors are far from naïve and should not be allowed to avoid their contractual obligations.” Debate this statement and provide examples that will support your opinions.

Solution

Today, teenagers, and most certainly, those just under the age of majority, are exposed to what is happening in the business world on a constant basis because of the ubiquity of media outlets—at home, at school, and everywhere there is a Wi-Fi connection.

When a minor avoids an otherwise valid contract, the seller of the good or service involved gets stuck “holding the bag” while the minor had free (or at least cheap)use of the good in question.

Few minors enter into contracts without understanding to what they are agreeing. As much as we wish to impute adult capacities to minors, they are still minors and are not so capable as adults in understanding the contracts into which they may voluntarily enter. Consequently, the courts are acting in a just manner when they allow minors to avoid contracts made for the purchase of goods or services. If all minors were held to their contractual obligations as if they were adults, adults would be more likely to take advantage of minors\' inexperience.