This Is Why Boys Need More Emotional Support Than Girls
We, adults, have been doing our boys a great disservice in terms of emotional support, and that’s no secret. Society has been telling us that boys have to be “tough” and “strong” for so long now, and showing emotions is “weak” and “feminine”. This results in them not knowing how to express emotion like displeasure and sadness, because we’ve been teaching them to suppress these emotions. And as we all know, bottling up your emotions is NOT a good thing.
According to research, boys actually need more emotional support than girls. However, because of societal expectations and gender stereotypes, we are (often) not giving it to them. It is scientifically proven that boys are more emotionally vulnerable while still in utero, as there are biological differences between the ways boys’ and girl...