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The ‘manning up of boys begins in the cradle.’ But what boys really need is emotional support from their dads | Cognoscenti

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It’s ironic, but independence isn’t something you can learn all by yourself, writes Andrew Reiner. Boys need tolerant, empathetic adults — especially dads — in their lives to become self-reliant.

Support WBUR My own research and work with boys has taught me that the more we ignore their deeper emotional needs in the name of early independence, the more public health risks they face as young adults, writes Andrew Reiner. (Getty Images) While doing research for a book I was writing, I interviewed high school-aged boys to discover who they turned to for emotional support. Spoiler alert: It wasn’t their parents. “My parents, especially my father, always tell me that I need to learn to handle problems on my own,” George, then a high school junior, told me. Six months before we talked, he ha

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