Teach your son about taking on Responsibilites!

Teach him how to work hard.

Give him small daily/weekly tasks (chores) for him to complete. This will help him understand the meaning of having responsibilities. Be consistent about encouraging him to complete his chores. Clearly set out consequences for him if he doesn't complete them. This could be an earlier bed time, eliminating something that he enjoys for the day, etc.

It's important to expect the same of your son as you do your daughter.

Does your daughter clean her room? So should your son.

Does your daughter help cook dinner? Your son should help with dinner in some way as well.

Does your daughter help clean up after dinner? So should your son.

Cleaning the house. Yep!

Checking in when they get home. Yep!

Required to eat her vegetables. Yep, him too.

Clean language for her? He should be no exception.

Do well in school?

Respect the teacher?

Get an education?

Go to college?

Move out of the house at a certain age?

Get a job? YES! This will help your son in more ways than you'll ever know, especially if he's grown up in a family with excess. This will help him learn the meaning of a dollar and...Responsibility, being on time, respecting his boss, humble because he is probably doing mundane work, etc.

What is maturity?

A recent commentary threw out the question of whether older men are more mature. Here are a few of the answers...

"A Mature Man is someone who can appreciate and love a woman without wishing her to be different. A Mature Man acknowledges beauty all around while recognizing the importance of respecting women in thought and action. A Mature Man has developed himself emotionally, physically, mentally, socially, and temporally in order to benefit society instead of being a burden."

"... A truely mature man at any age knows his limitations and acts and lives within them. There are many younger men who are mature beyond their years while there are many older men who never seem to grow up."