This is very interesting. I agree with not telling boys to 'be a man' or girls to be ladylike. Not helpful.https://twitter.com/CHSommers/status/788480297209851904 …
Yes, exactly. I think 'you need to work on resiliance' is better than 'you need to work on being a man.'
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Generally, one's father or male role model is their male ideal anyway and, yes, developing, boys do work towards being a man.
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They can certainly do that! I don't think telling them to be one is helpful.
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Which is why my problem with this tends to be the definition as opposed to the direct addressing of it.
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More to the point, I expect children to have a weird interpretation of the world and for that to change as they age.
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