Helping Boys Become Better Connected Men

Men in America are socialized to hide their emotions, and sometimes taught that we shouldn't feel them at all.  Dr. Ryan McKelley did an excellent TedTalk about how we can teach our boys to be better connected when they grow up.  I hope you get as much from the video as I did.

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Dr. Ryan McKelley, shared an early experiment from the 13th century where infants were denied social interaction. The nature of the study was to find out what language would naturally develop without influence from a caregiver. However, the study failed because all of the infants died.