18 year old kids are accountable for their own behaviors and actions. You can blame it on mom or dad, the high school coach, the high school itself or the college. As long as they are given an excuse they will use it. If you allow a kid to be a victim when he is 18, he will be a victim when he is 28. I don't think it has changed since I played. We had kids that committed to their education and those that didn't. You can now see a direct correlation to those that accepted accountability and those that didn't by what they have accomplished after baseball. Everybody plays their last game. Prepare for it.