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#448: Your Son Isn't Lazy — How to Empower Boys to Succeed

The Art of Manliness

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The Rise of Boys Disengaging From School

I think that we are seeing it in many, many different ways, you know? And part of the reason I wrote the book about boys is that boys often handle stress differently than girls. You know, girls have this pressure to be perfect and to do everything without breaking a sweat by being beautiful, but also by meeting everybody's expectations. Boys, as I kind of described, they experience the stress by shutting down more often. We have seen a rise in anxiety among teenagers, depression among teenagers,. A lot of behavioral problems," he says.

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