Ignoring boys' emotional needs fuels public health risks
This article breaks my heart. As a (now) adult man who received very little “emotional scaffolding” from my parents - I can’t understand how anyone can think that all children don’t have to learn about how to manage (not just ignore) their feelings.It is hard to take a step back and empathize with your children when just getting through the day seems like a victory. I needed counseling to understand these things and that is a problem because not everyone has access to that.I don’t know how we fix something that most people don’t acknowledge is a problem. How many of us acknowledge the trauma our parents endured and what that did to us? Hopefully articles like this help get schools, groups, etc to shift this trend in a better direction.