Estimated Value and What It Means In Real Life

Estimated value is working out and anticipating the outcome of a scenario. I believe when estimated value starts being valued and used in your everyday life, that is when you have true maturity and common sense. I have a cousin who, ever since we were little, could never think forward and estimate the consequences of his actions. I remember when we were about seven and nine, we were at my grandma's house playing with some of my other cousins. All the sudden, he decided that it would be an awesome idea to slide down the laundry shoot. He could not visualize the possible outcomes of doing this. He didn't see that he could get stuck in the shoot, fall through and hurt himself, break the shoot, or break something else with his fall. All he could get through his head was that it seemed like a good idea, even though there was absolutely no positive outcome. Even at seven, I used some estimated value and tried to tell him not to. But of course he didn't listen and got stuck in the laundry shoot and it took six people to get him out. Estimated value is important not only because it is a right of passage into the adult world, it can also keep you from making stupid mistakes like trying to slide down a laundry shoot.