Everybody disrespected us. Nobody comforted us. But we're going to prove we're strong. We'll make the people who teased us pay. All boys are teased between the ages of 11 and 15.
Boys are very, very tough on each other.
I call it the culture of cruelty. There is a process of sorting through who's in and who's out. Kids who are really cast out are at risk. Most American boys are not given enough practice in articulating their inner lives. They're emotionally illiterate.