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Mothers and fathers face distinct challenges connecting with their teenage sons. Accepting, rather than fighting, these challenges will help preserve your relationship and keep parents and teenage sons connected. Teenage boys who are separated from their fathers, according to Texas psychologist Carl Pickhardt, author of "The Connected Father," choose their own activities rather than the ones they once enjoyed with their fathers. This gives teenage boys a sense of independence. Teenage sons generally create distance from their mothers by spending more time with their male friends, developing interests that have less in common with the mother, or arguing and criticizing in order to create opposition, according to Pickhardt.
