I'm no sociologist, but it is hard for me not to connect the two. I tend to have success with my kiddos. Sorry, that was truly self-serving. We have to open our hearts to them, so they can see our insides. Boys treasure that.
Boys remember when they have seen their fathers struggle or cry.
It is so important to them MichaelT - Kathleen, thanks for suggesting the book. He doesn't care about school and even after knowing consequences still continues to show inappropriate behavior. I have tried everything imaginable with and nothing motivates him or works. He goes to Resource because of his problems in reading and language arts. He is at a first grade level in third grade.