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I Tried to Toughen Up My Son. Things Didn't Go as Planned.

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Who would win in a fight: Theodore Roosevelt, or Pee-wee Herman? Those are the two models of masculinity competing within eight-year-old Saul, a National Parks enthusiast who carries his own first-aid supplies in the pockets of his Junior Ranger vest. Sam Graham-Felsen sets off for the Badlands with his son to teach him resilience, but ends up navigating the gullies that separate the violence we anticipate from the real deal, and less certain ab…
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Longreads broke the news in on Thursday, October 23, 2025.
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