How to Motivate a 12 Year Old Boy to Be His Own Agent

Laglois: How do you motivate a 12 year old boy to be his own agent when he doesn't care about school, or really anything? Laglois: We see that in school all the time. The espoused lack of caring is asking for reasons to believe that they themselves are worth carrying about and have something of value. "Can we find these little keronels of care that we can focus on and cultivate with our children so they grow into something else?" she asks.