The single greatest failure of traditional puberty education is the teaching of emotional suppression. Boys are told, implicitly or explicitly, that "boys don't cry." When a boy experiences his first romantic rejection or breakup, he is thrown into a storm of grief, shame, and confusion. Without tools, he does one of three things: he gets angry, he shuts down, or he becomes self-destructive.
Detailed exploration of body development in both boys and girls. Biological Processes: The single greatest failure of traditional puberty education
“We’re all awkward right now, dude,” Jax laughed. “That’s the secret. Everyone is pretending they know what they’re doing.” implicitly or explicitly