Raising Boys??

How to raise boys? Most of the time raising my boys has been pretty easy. They are laid back and not to dramatic. Their looks aren't a high priority for boys either. However always moving, making friends and finding where you fit in hasn't always been easy for the pre-teen. That always takes him a little longer than the teenager. I always feel extremely bad very time we move and as they get older it gets harder. The only thing that makes it better is knowing we are almost at the end of the HMIC's military career and the moving. So with every new school comes a new set of issues. The one we hit was suspension. This is new to us but I was a little surprised it hadn't happened yet. You see the school he is in right now is different to say the least. When I first went to sign him up I really wanted to run the other way. But I went in and told myself I would not judge it before getting to know it. Well my first impression has been pretty right on. Having come from a pretty good school to their has been an adjustment to all of us. Now I know kids are just being kids and there's a little of everything everywhere. However here it has been a little more or maybe it's the age. So yesterday it happened our first suspension. For an altercation( shoving match). Do I want my kid to be fighting at school or anywhere else NO. Do I want him to stick up for himself and not get bullied YES. So where do you draw the line? Is this only the being? Is this when it starts get harder to raise boys? To bad they didn't come with instruction manuals.