There are two boys under the age of eighteen in this photo. Joey, is three, and he's completely obsessed with the stereotypical, "boy" things. He loves trucks, wrestling, showing muscles, crashing cars and fighting everyone. Jacob, is fifteen, he loves music and owns three guitars. When he was three, he also loved all the things Joey did. In the picture, they just got done fighting each other. Jacob is tired from the rough housing, but Joey wants to keep going. Jacob kept humoring him just to keep Joey happy and feel more boyish. Jacob would always let Joey win, and it seemed to boost his ego because he was the strongest and beat the weakest. Since Joey could talk, he has always loved to wrestle and fight and was taught to do so by his father. Joey actually would jump on Jacob and punch him in the arm instead of pretending to punch him in the arm. Soon, Jacob was tired and left Joey to stand there flexing his muscles. Joey then proceeded to run around the room playfully punching everyone in the arm. He then said he was the strongest one.
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In the blog, “Wrestling Man”, many appealing facts caught my eye for many reasons. I liked the idea of boys being boys and having fun playing, but I questioned why they were positioned the way they were. I thought the story had substance, although it left me questioning why the colors were chosen and I noticed the space between the two people. Should that stand for something? I also noticed that the two boys were at unusual angles from each other; is this to represent something? Overall, I found myself beaming at the children playing, and I am fond of it.
I cannot believe a father would teach his son that it was okay to hit and punch others. This is disturbing that a child so young already thinks that being the strongest and using violence is not only acceptable, but that it is fun. A father should teach his son how to be a good person, how to defend himself with words first, and use force as a last resort. Its no wonder why boys feel the need to use violence to solve their every problem.
I cannot believe a father would teach his son that it was okay to hit and punch others. This is disturbing that a child so young already thinks that being the strongest and using violence is not only acceptable, but that it is fun. A father should teach his son how to be a good person, how to defend himself with words first, and use force as a last resort. Its no wonder why boys feel the need to use violence to solve their every problem.
This picture can support Jackson Katz, "Tough Guise" them where as young boys are taught from a young age that violence is acceptable in some cases praised. Although in most cases playful wrestling is harmless and just for fun , later down the road violence can emerge from the childhood play. Personally i wouldnt object to little boys play wrestling but i definately see what Jackson Katz is trying to point out and how this picture of how easily society can overlook acts like this and forget that negative effects could come later on.
I like how the two brothers were playing together but teaching this little boy to wrestle and be rough, i dont know about that. This little one is so young and will grow up to be a bully one day if not taught that that is not what is right.
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