[kjo]

I teach at a large public high school. The boys I see are in a lot of trouble. There's been a ghettoization of middle class WHITE male culture. Their heros are often convicts. They want to be tough and feared. They are often uninterested in education. They see school as a place to get girls and get into trouble.

I notice most of these boys don't have fathers at home. Mom often has a boyfriend and he's the only role model they have.

[Andy'smom]

Yeah but the girls can't be all that far behind being "ghettoized". After all, their role model is the slutty mom with a new "boyfriend" every other month.

[Domangart]

You left out the odd way boys pay back their mother for the dad not being there. In the process they damage their own future. Since that starts early, they aren't even aware or whats going on any more.

[LexBaird]

I notice most of these boys don't have fathers at home. Mom often has a boyfriend and he's the only role model they have.

Not quite true. Mom is their role model of what their relationship with a woman should be.