Me personally if hes 15 now. A year he will be 16. Say he keeps his first snake a year before another thats 17. By that time if he wants to breed i dont see why not. Because if his parents will let him then cool. Because lets face it the economy sucks. How many people move out soon as they turn 18 and grad? A lot more stay at home and live there a few more years.
Me personally if hes 17+ and has had a snake for a year or more i see no reason why he cant try his hand at breeding.
I guess he could always spend that $200 he wanted to spend on a snake and go buy some crack and smoke it up.
Id much rather see our youth buying snakes and learning about them then spending it on other things like drugs