“My Son Feels the Pressure to ‘Fit in’”

Or, Why Ben didn’t want to wear his red nose

Image by Garrett Jackson on Unsplash

It can be tough to be a boy, especially when you are young and just beginning to discover what it means to belong, or ‘fit in’. Ben was such a boy and his dad told me a story that made me think about our peers’ influence on our individuality, or our differences.

The story of Ben’s red nose