According to family psychologist and best-selling author Dr. James Dobson, “For parents whose family includes one or more boys, the greatest challenge may be just keeping them alive through childhood and adolescence.” It’s true!
Some of the crazy things boys have been known to do:
Age 3 — Steve stuffs beans up his nose, prompting a quick trip to the emergency room.
Age 4 — Jeffrey hides under the bed while family members frantically search for their missing child.
Age 6 — Michael puts his hand in the punch bowl at Annette’s birthday party and later tosses a piece of cake at her.
Age 8 — Ryan loves to throw rocks, play with fire, shatter glass and harass grumpy dogs.
Age 12 — Mark pockets the snout of a pig during biology class, sticks it on the water fountain down the hall, then waits around to see the results — a free trip to the principal’s office.
Age 13 — Dave pours a coffee can of gasoline down a manhole and tosses in matches to see what will happen — an explosion that blows up all the toilets in the neighborhood.
Age 16 — Tim tries to impress his buddies by driving around town like a kamikaze pilot on sake.
Unfortunately, if we’re not careful, boys can end up running wild. Ideally, we need to celebrate and shape and civilize their aggressive tendencies. It’s difficult, yes, but not impossible.
