She also thinks that there is the bravura of a young boy's dare to his taunting, which irks her no less.

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Dr. THOMPSON: Do you think there is such a thing as a boy who isn't hurt by that kind of stuff?

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There is also a third child in Sandy's poster, a boy about my age, who is now the one wearing the knickers.

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Both my parents are black and I can tell you that my neighborhood didn't have a Rotary Club, and there is no indication that Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts were in full force in Houston's Clinton Park.

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But in contemporary society, we have trouble talking about the obvious: The transition from boy to man is a risky endeavor, and there can be a lot of collateral damage.

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There lived a little boy who was misled by another little boy and this is what he said.

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But look, what I would say is there also may be a brand management question here in the other direction that the Boy Scouts should consider.

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Likewise, depriving a child of ordinary social interaction is also abuse, but there's nothing wrong with sending a school-aged boy to stew alone in his room for an hour after he hits a younger sibling.

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