<p>^^The pursuit of knowledge?? Is there one time when this is more appropriate than another? Btw, kids do research in college as early as freshman year if their school affords them the opportunity to do so. </p>
<p>The problem my son is working on is at the graduate school level. Being liberal arts majors, my wife and I can’t “help” him even if we wanted to, so the work he is doing is as original as it comes. That is another reason why I take exception to @mathyone’s uninformed and unsubstantiated comments.</p>