i have an 18 year old now. Graduated high school last year and started college recently. seems content to just go to school, work at wal-mart, and live at home. Way less motivated then i was. He pays his car insurance, cell phone bill, buys his own food and stuff like that but has no drive. It was kinda like oh my parents were bugging me so guess ill go to school to get them off my back. I just don't get it. Me and his mother were both out the house before 18, made it on our own and are damn proud of it. As far as college i personally view it as a waste of time and money. I tried for about a year and said f-that. I got a job and worked my way to the top. Yes i struggled at first but no more then a normal college kid but when i "got on" i had no debt and an education in my field that couldn't be learned in any classroom.