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I have a son in high school, and my overall impression of the message for girls in our school district is, "you are amazing, you can do anything!", and for boys
by gilbetron 3y ago
I have a son in high school, and my overall impression of the message for girls in our school district is, "you are amazing, you can do anything!", and for boys the message seems to be "leave girls alone, oh and you can do sports, too". Obviously I'm over-simplifying, but I acutely feel and see the struggle in many boys in this day and age. I get why they just want to play video games, I feel the pressure, too. My son went to a couple of camps this summer, and he absolutely loved the one where it was just him and a bunch of dudes in a cabin, and the guy counselor had a bunch of boy antics with the cabin. There is 100% a distribution of personality types for all humans, boys included, and we need to service (basically) all of them, I believe. But I 100% see a certain, significantly sized, population of boys being left behind. I'm doing my part with my son, which includes helping understand feelings and finding a way forward in his future, which is different than mine, while also dinking around with him and having fun. I find I am at odds with culture, though, and it is an upstream battle. I can't imagine what it is like with kids that don't have a parent fortunate enough to be in my position :(