This being my son’s birthday weekend, we’ve been busy celebrating. I thought I’d post a few funny teenager things. I’ll probably be escorting him to another Pokemon catching outing today. At least I’m getting my steps in.
I know the last one isn’t funny. It showed up in the Google search and I kept going back to it because it’s very true. There is this belief that teenage boys don’t need to talk to people about their feelings. Any acting out is seen as ‘boys being boys’ or them being ‘naturally bad eggs’. It’s sad that a teenage boy’s emotional state isn’t taken as seriously as a girl’s. I think teenagers in general need to be taken seriously in this arena, but boys get ignored and shrugged off a lot more than girls. Boys are the ones told that they shouldn’t be crying when in pain. Boys are teased, even by girls, for showing emotions. So, try to be there for any teenage boys in your life. Not to order them around, but to let them know that it’s okay to be vulnerable, feel emotions, and share them with those they trust.
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All of them, so absolutely true.
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Thanks.
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Even harder these days for boys growing into men, not sure what they are allowed to say or how to behave without offending just about everybody!
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Doesn’t really seem that difficult from what my son and the students I see go through. The ones I do see get in trouble are usually being blatant assholes and get called out for it.
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Your final comments are so true. That’s why we have so many messed up adults now.
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It’s not just messed up adults. It’s probably why men have higher suicide rates than women.
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Good advice about teenage boys. I had two teenage girls and one boy. The boy had the hardest time getting through adolescence.
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Hope he made it through in one piece.
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Yes he did. Thanks.
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One of the most moving moments in my life came when I was teaching. I had a class that just happened to be all boys. (Smashing lads, they were.) One of them had a sister with some kind of handicap. I’m not sure what.
One day, he came and said she was I’ll. I think, quite seriously, but anyway, something to worry about. He was talking to his friends about it when he broke down crying. He tried to stifle his tears, but all the others said, “It’s ok to cry. Let it out.”
No telling him that “Real men don’t cry,” or any of that crap. Just a simple encouragement to let his emotions out.
How much harm has been done to men and boys by this silly stereotype?
Btw. I love the rest of the post. So true!
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A lot of harm would be my guess. Good to see the stereotype didn’t come into play there.
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