“…much of what teenage boys talk about is wild-eyed or unrealistic. A father has difficulty hearing a teenager’s exaggerations for what they are – an experiment in thinking or a necessary calibration of an unfolding identity. When a father hears foolishness, he sees a fool. He fears a collapse of character and intelligence, or an unacceptably cavalier attitude about the future, and he’s quick to try to set his son straight.”

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2 responses to “Young Man Blues”

1. L.R.E. Larkin says:

   08/20/2010 at 8:47 am

   That's the right way to start a Friday morning. Quinn's response: "do it again"…

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2. David Browder says:

   08/20/2010 at 12:21 pm

   Quinn is on the right track.

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