Comments on: Ten Ways to Show Your Teenage Son That You Care

By: Mike Askew

Mike Askew — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 03:58:53 +0000

That is a good and important question. I have recently received the same type of question from some single mom friends of mine that have teenage sons. They love their sons very much but have difficulty being able to meet some of the needs of their sons that dads or other men seem to be able to help with more easily. Specifically, I am talking about a teenage boys need to test out his strength or find an outlet for that testoterone driven urges to be dangerous. For these friends I have directed them to functions in our local church for teen guys where their sons can be exposed to activities with other teenage guys with responsible adult male supervision. Activities like rock wall climbing, paintball, camping, hiking, etc work well to let guys do venture into moderately “dangerous” activities while being encouraged and mentored by men. The bottom line is that I feel it is important to expose your teenage son to other responsible men that you trust so he can have a male role model as he tries to figure out how to move from boyhood to manhood. Perhaps you could try Boyscouts, YMCA programs, Church Programs, Local Sports, etc… I hope this helps.

By: kristie schwanebeck

kristie schwanebeck — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:24:58 +0000

So for single moms who have no father in their sons lives or any significant male role models what can we do?

By: pharmacy tech

pharmacy tech — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 06:00:07 +0000

Keep posting stuff like this i really like it.

By: Mike Askew

Mike Askew — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 23:43:39 +0000

Maybe I should have been a little clearer about guns. I was referring to shotguns and shooting traps…

By: Ed

Ed — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 23:34:54 +0000

‘Teach him how to shoot a gun’ You must be kidding teaching your offspring illegal activity’s. What’s next dangerous activity? Robing a bank?