Like...if you really break your leg, or your best friend dies, doesn't matter if you're 4 or 35...no prob with crying.

But we've ALLLLL been around those little boys who cry harder than girls...ooops, that's me being patriarchal by saying that. But seriously, I don't see it as a problem to tell a little boy to "toughen up" which essentially means "man up" but uses different words. Especially if it seems like he's doing it for attention, which is what a lotta kids do. But in plenty cases, I won't be mad at a kid for crying...sometimes their bruises look PAINFUL.