Teen boys and emotional suppression: How parents can break the “boys don’t cry” stigma
Societal pressures teach boys to suppress emotions, leading to harmful habits of bottling up feelings. This emotional suppression can manifest as aggression, anxiety, or withdrawal, often mistaken for typical teenage behavior. Parents can foster healthy emotional expression by modeling vulnerability, normalizing emotional language, and creating safe spaces for boys to feel and communicate.
Societal pressures teach boys to suppress emotions, leading to harmful habits of bottling up feelings. This emotional suppression can manifest as aggression, anxiety, or withdrawal, often mistaken for typical teenage behavior. Parents can foster healthy emotional expression by modeling vulnerability, normalizing emotional language, and creating safe spaces for boys to feel and communicate.
