Okay. So.

I'm pretty much a newbie around here, but I have a question with which some of you could really be helpful:

When a young guy (like almost 14) is first starting to shave that peach-fuzzy-yet-driving-his-mother-nuts mustache and GACK!beardy-thingie, is a standard razor/shaving cream combo better, or will an electric razor do the job fine?

I'm asking because my older son is going to start shaving (for the price of a special Pokemon card, which he's already received), and I don't know what kind of equipment he needs. My husband uses an electric, my father has used both, but neither are much help because that initial shave was fifty-million years ago for both of them.

So, any parents who've recently dealt with this or any young-ish guys who've had to manage it themselves, thoughts? Opinions? Help!