Ask Dr. Helen: Should Men Be Kicked Out of the Church Nursery?
I am sympathetic to the “boys don’t mind so much” argument to a small degree. There were a few teachers who, I thought, could have made my life quite wonderful when I was a teenage boy. But this is likely wrong.
Just because I (and most other boys) was keenly interested in such an adventure doesn’t mean I was actually ready for it. I also wanted to be a war hero Marine at 14-15 years old. That does not mean I would not have been seriously screwed up by going to boot camp followed by combat.
Different, I know, but illustrative of the concept that the adventure a older boy/young man desires is something he still needs to grow into a bit before atually undertaking it. Some 15 year olds are ready for love affairs, combat, etc. Most aren’t, but may be in a few more years. The social bar against allowing even the ready ones to do so protects the many more who are not.
