Glenn J. Sacks has written a new commentary on the subject of The ‘Boy Parent Dilemma'. As the father of brand-new kindergartener, I can especially relate to this paragraph:
Success in school is tightly correlated with the ability to sit still, be quiet, and complete work which is presented in a dull, assembly-line fashion. The boy parent dilemma is that as parents we must support the authority of our sons' teachers and schools, while at the same time it is obvious to us that the methods and structure they employ are not suited to our sons' needs.
Truer words have never been spoken. It is a true dilemma and a travesty rolled into one. And school administrators are all too willing to pretend that it doesn't exist.