7 things that 12 to 16-year-old boys learn by watching their father

Teenage boys don’t only hear lessons from their fathers, they see them. From how dads handle frustration to what they expect of work and relationships, fathers act as live models whose behaviour, values and attitudes shape sons’ development during a sensitive window of ages from 12 to 16 years. Between ages 12 and 16, boys are constructing their identity fast and much of that architecture is built by what they see at home. Fathers’ daily actions of how they manage feelings, divide labour, approach work and treat others, send vivid and repeated lessons that boys adopt. The good news is that the pathway is malleable. Here are seven things that 12 to 16-year-old boys learn by watching their father - Boys copy how fathers express and manage feelings hence, calm modelling builds boys’ emot