Portrait of "famous Boston infield of 1900" (clockwise from left) second baseman Bobby Lowe, first baseman Fred Tenney, shortstop Herman Long and third baseman Jimmy Collins
This strong male influence is important. A boy gets a massive boost hearing from a man that he is intelligent and loved.
I�ve read a great book, Raising Boys. We have a teenage boy and being an idealist I picked up the book after feeling like something wasn�t quite with our relationship. I felt he�d become arrogant, difficult to talk with and generally less enjoyable to be around. I assumed it was because I was his stepmum and he had for some unknown reason lost respect for me. After a while I had begun to find it hard to take. I found myself complaining to my partner about him. What I hadn�t realised is that my complaining had become daily and at times hourly!
My biggest lesson from reading Raising Boys was that actually my teenage stepson' s behaviour was �normal� in any family and it wasn�t just because we are a stepfamily.
I know that living with teenagers CAN seem overwhelming and more trouble than anything else. But it doesn�t have to. It�s easier when you have tried and tested techniques to follow.Click here for more information pickering photographer
