Boys today are suffering.
Allow me to be frank. They lack a sense of themselves, and of their place in life. You can see it in their eyes, and in how they dress, walk, and talk. And work; or don’t. Often they struggle with academics; somehow studying—at least the studying they’re doing—doesn’t connect with anything in their life. They simply don’t know what to do with the energy, the power, they feel within themselves. Wired for action, they prowl around looking for something, often they know not what. Or they think they know what—certain desires are obvious and insistent—but fulfilling those desires does not fulfill the person; it accentuates the void. Confusion gives way to the numbing paralysis of self-doubt, even loathing.
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