Yes, but Alexander engaged his life, made decisions and made a living, so to speak. He just didn’t sit back and moan about the stress and the responsibility...and play video games.
True. Video games and MPP are highly addictive and an utter waste of time.
So that meant even more pressure for young people to make something of them selves. They didn’t have much time. -- well, 17 was not young. By the age of 17 in 300 BC you would have been married, with kids, have been working for at least 5 years and also might have killed a few
however -- you would be living in one home with your parents, uncles, cousins and grandparents and maybe great-grandparents -- there was no individuals going out on their own, not even an atomic family going out on their own. It was a different world.