My second elective practicum is at Novata Cares assessing children for Autism and other neurological problems. I was testing this 6-year-old child using the WISC-IV. There was a question that asked him, “What is courage,” for which he replied “that’s being brave like me I’m a boy.” His answer did not shock me as I would have expected. It is a common thing for us (society) to tell boys to be brave or not to cry because that’s a girl thing. This 6-year-old child has already learned that courage means being a boy, which means being afraid is a girl thing. Once again we are reiterating to men that they need to be brave, courageous, strong, and smart. We are all humans therefore, we are bound to get scared regardless of gender. I’m wondering what
