His hesitation should have been my first clue. More: This teenage girl just got fired for speaking up about inequalityĮven as my own sons grew, I didn’t understand just how resourceful boys could be, until I questioned my then-12-year-old about why he had a giant box of condoms in his bedroom.

Like, so good I would make sure to climb that pole every morning and every lunch.” But one day when I climbed something weird happened.

“At first,” he explained, “I just climbed because I liked to see how fast I could get to the top.