Tear researcher, Winifred, is trying to figure out how it happens. One possibility he says is that tears (1)_____________________, chemicals that build up during stress. When people talk about crying it out, “I think that might actually be what they are doing”, he says.
If Fred is right, what do you think will happen to people who (2)_________________? Boys, for example, cry only about a quarter as often as girls once they reach teenage years, and we all cry a lot less now than we did as babies. Could it possibly be that we face less stress? Maybe we found another ways to deal with it, (3)_______________________.