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Hello Everyone,

Bringing up children in general in the 21st century is more difficult than ever before.  Boys are facing more difficult challenges than ever as well.  Between peer pressure regarding bullying, drugs, pressures of school but above all these things is the family situations and how families seem broken and how today's society when family problems start surfacing, boys begin to turn to alcohol, drugs, porn, and even violence.  Even boys, as tough as they try to be need that nurturing and reassurance that his family is there.  Fathers are needed more than ever as even though the father figure is important to girls and boys, boys seem to suffer the most if there is not a father figure present.  Without this presence, boys have no role model as how he should act or handle life's situations.  It may be that the father is away for work, not that he is out of the home and this is serious as well.  Father's that put their work before their job as being a dad at some point will regret not being there.  It is important that a dad have priorities and his children be the first priority to ensure that especially sons see that they care and want that closeness that is needed between a father and son.  

A mother's role is important as well.  Mom's have a tough job especially when fathers are not in the picture, or they have jobs that take them away from home a lot of the time.  The relationship that boys build with mothers last their whole life long.  A mother develops special bonds with children, girls and boys and if there is not a bond built during infancy, it could cause chaos as children get older. (Dobson, J., 2001)  If boys do not get the nurturing from their mothers and fathers when they are young, it could draw them to acts of violence, drinking, bullying and even crimes that could be devastating to their self-esteem, even to the extreme of thoughts of suicide.  God gave parents the awesome job of raising wonderful children and parents should take it very seriously.  Boys, just as girls will always need family.   John 5:19 "Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise".   Boys are made up of more than snakes, snails and puppy dog tails.  Boys need their fathers, and family.

References

Dobson, J. (2001). Bringing up boys: practical advice and encouragement for those                       shaping the next generation of men. Wheaton, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.