The fucking basics: Sitting down to do homework.

One thing I've heard a lot of single mothers say over and over is "Why won't my son sit down and do his homework like I used to."

Only one has his hands in his pants. A RARE MOMENT.

That is the first step of failure right there. First of all, no boy has ever sat down willingly in his whole life. I can't even get mine to sit on the couch to watch TV. Even to this day, when dating, women want to sit for hours and talk in a bar or restaurant, but frankly, I'm going to suggest a change of venue after an hour just so I can get up and walk somewhere else.

Guys (and your boys) hate sitting. They're not going to sit for dinner. They're not going to sit to do homework. They're just not going to sit ever. Get a table high enough for them to stand at when they do their homework and don't fight a battle that you can't win before you've even gotten them to put pencil to paper.

When boys get frustrated, they are going to jump up and down in the air, twist around, and otherwise be all over the place. You can't stop it and you lose ground every time you try to. Your goal is just to get them BACK to the table, not try to keep them there the whole time.