Lovestheshortgame ... times are always changing ... yes, they changed from when our parents were kids till when we were, and then again from we were till our kids came around ... and they will keep changing. Do kids today have it tougher in some respects ... yes, they do. But with the respect to the original post, Blue Ice is 100% right that parents today are driving much different expectations than when at least when I was a kid. I am sure when I didn't make a team that there were times when my dad maybe thought I should have because he knew how much I wanted it and how hard I worked for it, but I can absolutely guarantee you that he didn't baby me about it, didn't complain to the coach, didn't tell me the coach was an idiot who didn't know what he was doing, and he sure in the heck didn't go start his own team so I could play.