Raising Emotionally Healthy Boys- BoyMom: Reimagining Boyhood : Episode 155

In this episode of The Peaceful Parenting Podcast, I interview Ruth Whippman about her book BoyMom: Reimagining Boyhood in the Age of Impossible Masculinity. We discuss the humanity lacking in traditional models of masculinity and the type of sensitive and connection-based parenting that is desperately needed for boy

We talk about:

• 4:00 Systems of power and oppression
• 4:35 How the same systems that harm women and girls, also harm men and boys
• 6:00 How we see boys as mad, not sad
• 7:13 Neuroscience research on the sensitivity of boys’ brains
• 12:45 Why stats on boys’ mental health struggles are not accurate
• 13:55 Why adolescent boys are in a mental health crisis
• 28:34 How screens are displacing socializing in person for boys
• 36:00 Incel (involuntarily celibate) movement
• 43:00 Buddy vs. Sweetheart

Download the episode transcript HERE

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• BoyMom: Reimagining Boyhood in the Age of Impossible Masculinity by Ruth Whippman https://amzn.to/4c6W60C

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