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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, make him work. Manual labor. As much as possible. I have raised three great men and am raising their youngest brother now. I worked them hard. Tree work, lawn care, farm work.... make them get dirty. Boys NEED to work. Good luck. [/quote]

My husband's Dad did this when he got rascally in high school. He dug ditches for telephone poles and worked 10 hour days in the heat and got treated like a man. He was different after that. I am thankful as he is a wonderful man, husband, and father. My parents did not send my brother to a RTC when he was 16 and they desperately needed to. He was violent and not going to school and etc. Turns out he had a mental illness but the failure to act aggressively ultimately cost him his life. Act aggressively and do tough love. Better to put the work in now than suffer later or not have any son at all. [/quote]

The manual labor is great for those it worked for but what happens when the kid flat out refuses to do it. If you force him and he becomes violent - then what?[/quote]

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