Until a ceartin age, kids aren't considered responsible enough to drink, drive, smoke, enlist in the military or vote. The brain isn't fully developed. Most parents wouldn't let younger kids have full control over what they eat, half of them would probably opt for chocolate for breakfast and candy at lunch ffs. The fact that allowing minors to make such a life changing decision is even debatable, is both enraging and heart breaking imo
I also think it's disgusting that more and more cartoons are being created specifically tailored towards introducing these type of things to children. I mean, we all know how impressionable kids can be, most going through phases at some point where we thought we wanted to be something or other when we were young.