When I was a little boy I had this little mind of Girl, I was like Why is my Dad so simple and so vulnerable who can’t even control his emotions in public.

You didn't have the mind of a girl. You saw life through the lens society presented to you. Or should I say "Nollywood" in some cases.

You heard your religious leaders often project the man to be "strong" and "unfeeling". You heard people talk down a man for loving his partner or family too much. You heard them shooing him for expressing any ounce of emotion.

Or you didn't witness it directly. But you read stories of men tagged "women wrapper" or called princesses.

These are what shaped your mind and that of others. Ask a child the same question and they'd provide similar answer.

But as we grow, we discard these harmful mindsets. We understand that life isn't actually what we see in the movies or read in books.

We realise that men and women have down moments and get to support each other through these phases. We grow empathetic and no longer judge others for being human and crying when broken or loving their family to stupor.