the innocence of youth

what can you say...12 year olds think they know it all (well he'll be 13 on guy fawkes...which is appropriate seeing as he's a fiery red-head). and that's the thing. he hates his red hair. yet it marks him as distinctive. he needs to pull his head in...literally...cos the poor bugger is marked. not only does he have a crap name (starting with a j...seriously...what was in the water 13 years ago?) but he is 'that red-headed kid'. he does dumb things in the community and everyone knows who it is. i can only defend him so many times.