My oldest son officially became a teenager this year and over the summer he was excited to find out that his feet had grown bigger than mine. I suspect in the next year or two he’ll weigh more than I do as well. These changes have got him thinking about becoming an adult and the other day he asked, “Dad, when will I know that I’ve become a man?” I took a few seconds to ponder my answer and said, “You’ll know that you’ve grown up when you can take care of yourself and you’ll know that you’re a man when you can take care of someone else”.
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