"How common are Trainers?"

In-universe, starters are given to children. Are all children given pokemon? Do they all go on to become trainers? Or do some simply stay in their hometowns with their starters as pets? Also, any trainer schools shown in the anime or the manga seem to only have children attending. Is it common to get 8 badges then go on to one's "adult" life, similar to college?The Pokemon Company seems to have intentionally kept this aspect of the world-building vague, but I have always been curious about this aspect of the world. What do you think? via /r/pokemon https://ift.tt/aQcSXrP