Raising Boys: "Don't Cry" Is Destroying Them
Boys are trained to amputate half their emotional range before kindergarten — and nobody notices until buried fear collides with teenage testosterone.
Clinical psychologist Dr. Gloria Vanderhorst walks through what happens when boys are taught to suppress, and the operational repair for parents who don't want a stoic time bomb at 15.
In this episode:
Why "toughen up" backfires by the teen years
The emotions boys are allowed vs. denied
How to rebuild the range without coddling
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