Do you want your son to have a noble vision for what it means to be a man? Tune in for more as Mike Farris concludes his series on raising teenage boys on today’s Home School Heartbeat.
Mike Farris:
With me again today is homeschool graduate Will Glaser. Will, earlier this week you told us about the good things your parents did to build into your life. Can you share with us some of your observations of homeschool boys who haven't been given this kind of positive upbringing?
Will Glaser:
Well, I would say that one of them is, it doesn’t seem like their parents have had high expectations of them. They have expected them to spend a lot of time goofing off, playing video games, not really working hard and acting like adults. Often times, you hear parents say, “Oh, they’re such a struggle at that age,” and that the parents really just seem to expect them to be irresponsible and immature. And that is one big problem that I see. I think another one is that dads just aren’t setting the example and spending time with the young men. The dad comes home from work, but he doesn’t do all of his activities at home with his sons, and the mother is extremely important in teaching a young man how to be polite and kind and loving, but the dad is really the one that needs to teach the young man how to be a man.
Mike:
I’m sure parents will appreciate your insight, Will. Thank you so much for joining me this week. I’m Mike Farris.
