the boy is always against his father,and may very easily be pissed off .
if the father assign too much expectations on him ,then he will feel pressure and just let his father to be disappoint again and again .
when i hearing the sadness ,pressure, and hurt from my friend whom is a single parent father,i felt that the psychology construction of the child in this family is more important .
i give him some suggestions ,just personally ,maybe particularly perspective ,but i feel he need to give his son more cares in his living life ,such as what thing is his interesting in,how about the relationships with his friends and classmates? which teacher is more appreciate ,what food do he want to eat ?and so on .
don't focus the study scores only ,that should be very bad feeling for the son ,which can make him felt that the father only care about the scores but not him .
the education problem is always a core problem for all the chinese families ,and i think it is very important to learn the communication skills about how to talk to their children in China.