Watch the beginning again: the kid rides by every day at the
   same time. The guy is forced to stop on his brakes to not hit
   him. He THINKS, "someone needs to talk to his parents" but he
   doesn't realize that *he's* the one that needs to do it. So, he
   starts by talking to the kid instead of grumbling in his mind
   about it. Presumably he'll talk to the parents next. Logic man.
     -- The main point of it is: instead of "somebody needs to do
   something about this" or "people shouldn't act this way" he
   realizes that *he* is the one that needs to do something about
   it. *He* needs to get the ball rolling. That's the moral. Is
   there a risk? Sure there is. Someone could say something
   untoward or start the gossip mill going. But there's a point
   where benefits outweigh the costs.   == I don't know how you
   could generalize so broadly. I can't answer true or false to
   this one. Women are individual people just like men are
   individual people. I mean, if someone is being vague or covering
   their feelings in an obvious way, whatever the gender, I might
   ask. "What's really going on?" or, I might distract them some
   how for something fun. Or, I might leave them alone. All depends
   on the person. == It's probably related to the help your
   neighbor kind of thing. What would help more? I don't know.
   Whatever communicates most effectively to the audience. == I
   don't hold that distinction between peoples. == One grows by
   aging. Critical thinking skills can be improved with challenge.
   Social skills can be improved with challenge. What brings about
   the challenge depends on a person's inclinations and what
   "impresses" them. == Arts can be effective. Reading can be
   effective. I don't know there's a balance beam by which they can
   be compared against each other. ==