Teen guru Alessandro Santoro tackles some of the difficult questions that are on teen guys' minds.

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Get Planning...Kyra stood atop Springer Mountain in the freezing cold. Icy tree branches rattled in the wind. Crusted snow on the peak crunched loudly as Kyra paced back and forth. It was late afternoon. A wooden sign said the Appalachian Trail led north from this mountain in Georgia 2,025 miles to another mountain peak in central Maine.
Exclusion has long been considered part of adolescence. The road is often rocky as tweens and teens strive to maintain their identity while fitting in at school with their classmates and even at home with their siblings.
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Several weeks ago, my 8th grade son climbed in my car after school and vented about a conversation he had with some other students during lunch that day. "Some of the girls in my grade are so messed up," my son said.