What boys need in order to become men are coping skills. I... didn't really get these growing up. I was simply taught that "men don't cry" and there are consequ

What boys need in order to become men are coping skills. I... didn't really get these growing up. I was simply taught that "men don't cry" and there are consequences for having been seen to cry. I started covering up the times I cried, and then I learned there are consequences for lying, too. I had to figure out a lot on my own, and it took longer than it should have.