Dr. James Longhurst, a licensed psychologist for Montcalm School, a residential treatment program for troubled and at-risk youth, says that in general, as boys become teens, they sometimes question or challenge all their previously held perceptions about their fathers.
"This happens," he says, "as they are trying to become individuals and to learn how to 'be their own man.' In this part of their lives, teen boys often reject their father's values.