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All right, our scenario says john is a 15 -year -old male.
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He lives with his mother who works multiple jobs to make ends meet.
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They reside in a rough, lower, socioeconomic neighborhood.
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He has not seen his biological father in 10 years.
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John spends a great deal of his time with no adult supervision or influence and has started drinking alcohol.
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John had a history of being abused as a young child.
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He comes from a family culture that celebrates the importance of toughness in males.
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He gets acceptance from his peers who prays.
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Him for his toughness.
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Because he has no real positive influences in his life, he often thinks very negatively about himself.
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He's been accused of bullying other kids in school and has been suspended on a number of occasions.
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He now faces the possibility of being expelled from school.
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His mother talks to the school, a psychologist, about helping him look for more positive ways to express, excuse me, his strengths and masculinity.
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Well, the first thing that we would want to try to do to help john is get him a positive, you know, preferably male role model...