He's Not Lazy: Empowering Your Son to Believe In Himself

Most likely, your son is going to hedge his bets and hope he gets away with it. Even if he’s busted for every third offense, he is still ahead.

They may defy your rules or advice, not because they lack values and morals, but rather because they are reserving the right to sort out some things for themselves.

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CONCENTRATION.

HE IS GOING TO ACT OUT HIS AMBIVALENCE ABOUT GROWING UP MOSTLY AT HOME. That is where he will act lazy, irresponsible, and demanding. I am not telling you to just keep quiet and take it, but do not make the mistake of believing he will never grow up, or get too frustrated when none of your actions seem to help.

So teenagers experiment. As they learn new things, meet new people, and form new opinions, they try on different identities. Adolescence is one of the few times this type of experimentation is possible. The new lax bro swagger your young adolescent takes everywhere he goes is an attempt to re-create himself in an image he hopes others will buy in t

there will be numerous times when he is not thinking about the consequences of his behavior

as a therapist, when an opt-out also has trouble fitting in with his peers, I work on his social issues first.

A teen’s morality often dictates loyalty to his peer group rather than to you or even to the society at large. At this stage he’d rather be a “good friend” than a