Wow, I have not read all of the posts in this discussion yet so I apologize in advance if this has already been discussed but I was wondering if there was a way to get your son to participate in some sort of sports activity i.e. joining a soccer or basketball team since it builds character and gives youth a sense of purpose among other things. Also, if sports is not his thing, then perhaps he would be interested in theatre whether it may be for acting, singing, or even playwriting, directing, set design etc. perhaps he is good at stand-up comedy and would enjoy doing that professionally? None of these things go against the torah and may help strengthen his yiddishkeit. If there are no teams/theatres in your community that he can join, then perhaps you can help him start one from scratch and build it up from there. That would probably help other teenagers that are in the same situation as he is which will help with his self-esteem/anger issues as well.
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