Jordan's voice is changing. This is potentially a bigger deal for a boychoir boy than it would be for most boys... he has a lot invested in his beautiful pure high notes. But he also has the best people to walk him through it, and to understand it as an ordinary embodied experience. When he realized what was going on he went to his choir director, who sent him to the voice instructor, who worked with him to change old voice habits. Meanwhile, the guy he stands next to in choir went through this a few months ago, so he can say things like, "Oh yeah, that was so annoying, but it only lasted a week or two." I found myself wishing that there was this kind of no-nonsense support and mentoring for every part of puberty: for skin, for moods, for all of it.
Meanwhile I played him this great old clip from the Brady Bunch.
When it's time to change, then it's time to change Don't fight the tide, come along for the ride, Don't you see? When it's time to change, you've got to rearrange Who you are into what you're gonna be!
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