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There’s a unique father behaviour that has been observed all over the world. Dads (along with big brothers, uncles and grandpas) love to wrestle and play rough-and-tumble games with little boys. They can hardly resist it. The men and the big boys get the little boys and throw them about. The little boys come running back and say, ‘Do it again!’ Sydney counsellor Paul Whyte puts it very plainly: ‘If you want to get along with boys, learn to wrestle!’

For a long time nobody understood why this was so – especially mothers, who are usually trying to calm things down, while dads seem likely to stir them up all over again! But it’s been found that what boys are learning in ‘rough and tumble’ is an essential lesson for all males: how to be able to have fun, get noisy, even get angry and, at the same time, know when to stop. For a male, living with testosterone, this is vital. If you live in a male body, you have to learn how to drive it.