The boys lack role models at home, where fathers are often unemployed, and at school, where teachers are mostly female.
She thought that, with the exception of Mohammad, the boys lacked charisma, and that the film failed to capture the drama of living in a war-zone, due to the lack of a director calling the shots.
That is a thing boys lack when it comes to kissing.
For all its excitement, Mr. Peralta's follow-up to his skateboarding movie "Dogtown and Z-Boys" lacks the quirky, personal touch of its forerunner.
The intimation was clear: what the thin, strange boy lacked in muscle power he made up for in proximity to the work site.
If About a Boy lacks anything, it is incident - like 'High Fidelity', this is a book where nothing much happens except people getting on with their lives.
Why shouldn't I have said something that makes people think about why they blame girls for distracting boys instead of boys for lacking the self-control to remain on task?" And that's how you make a memorable exit from high school.
And God bless the boys' lack of nostalgia.
Girls, more than women or boys, lack access to financial capital and have limited opportunities to gain education, knowledge, and skills that can lead to economic advancement.
Lenny is the fun father, impulsive and freethinking yet self-absorbed and neglectful, and when he needs to do some serious work the boys' lack of supervision leads to real danger.
