Tim: Just gets old enough to start having fun with, and all we do is fight.
Wilson: Sounds like he's caught in the classic tribal-industrial dilemma.
Tim: Oh, yeah. That's what it probably is, yeah.
Wilson: He's trying to cross the threshold into manhood, but he doesn't know how. You see, Tim, in tribal societies, as soon as boys show the first signs of becoming men, they're immediately initiated into adulthood.
Tim: How?
Wilson: Well, some of the more popular rituals include scarring, pulling of teeth, ritual circumcision.
Tim: Brad doesn't even like getting his hair cut.
Wilson: Mm... But unfortunately in our industrial society we don't have these rituals. We prolong adolescence beyond the biological indications of manhood, confusing the child as well as the parent.
Tim: Wow... I thought he was just being a jerk. What should I do?
Wilson: I can't tell you that, Tim. Nowadays, each father has to find his own unique way to initiate his son.