[Anvilhead]

"They are being taught by the leftist NOW loving trash in this country, that being male is wrong, and if you are a white male you are 3 times as wrong."

Actually this is one area where boys get screwed equally. I'm a white man who mentors black boys and they get into at least as much trouble over this sort of thing as the white boys. The black boys get it worse when it comes to the educational track, i.e. Learning Disabled.

The white boys get it worse when it comes to punishment i.e. suspension. The main difference is that it's quite a bit easier to come back from punishment then the stigma of LD.

Personally, I've never had a problem with my kids. Sure they can have a bit of a mouth on 'em and give me some backtalk on occasion but I've never had a problem keeping them in line. (By "in line" I mean being able to instruct them and have them follow directions, I always employ them at my family's shop) Of course I don't expect anything out of them that they are incapable of giving, like sitting still and doing busy work for free for 6 hours.

[ovrtaxt]

I have a lot of respect for that.

I own a business too, and I typically employ single dads of young kids. The mentoring isn't quite the same as what you're dealing with, but from time to time I have to put on a counselor's hat.

Keep up the good work, my friend.

[Leatherneck_MT]

Keeping them "in line" as you put it, is necessary, boys need guidance, not drugs. Kudos to you for your work with them, I'm sure that takes alot of patience. Probably alot more than I have.