I agree with the comment about more unwarranted negative posts than positive posts here. But there are a lot of helpful folks, too.
If your son is technically adept, and understands digital photography and has a layman's basic understanding of drones and aeronautics, could be fun!
The camera is a lot like the upper-level GoPro camera with all its settings and choices.
And the drone is quite sophisticated for its price -- GPS, barometric altitude, magnetic compass, etc. On a good day outdoors, in GPS mode, it almost flies itself.
The main issue is safety -- for the flier and other people. It can move very fast, so keep it way above people's heads except when ascending and descending.
I've had my P3P for over a year and never had a bad experience with it.
Even with all the posts about firmware issues, I've always upgraded mine soon after each release, and it's been fine!