Raising a boy is enough of a challenge without complications. But as John Lennon famously said, “Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.” Although the numbers vary a bit from year to year, approximately half of all marriages will end in divorce; the rate is higher for second or third marriages. About 59 percent of American children will spend time in a single-parent home, and 40 percent will be part of a stepfamily. Half of these children are boys like yours who are affected by divorce and remarriage.