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[quote=Anonymous]Is football seriously the only thing he cares about? No other interests?

Surely your son has other hobbies and interests you could speak to him about. Does he like music? Video games? Interested in food? Have a favorite subject at school? Does he dream of moving to a specific city or climate?

No one can tell you what "teenage boys" talk about because they are all different. Lots of teenage boys don't care about football at all, for instance.

If football is truly all he cares about, I do think you need to find a way to be more accepting of this interest than you are (like the fact that you don't even like the sound of games is a problem) and should find some aspect of it talk about. Football is actually a really accessible sport with lots of different kinds of fans -- you don't have to know all the nuances of the games to be able to talk about whether a player played well or appreciate an impressive touchdown pass or run, or know the season record of a team or whether they will make the playoffs.[/quote]

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