Fatherlessness and the Nuclear Family

Drew emphasizes the need for a stable nuclear family or equivalent sustained caregivers for child security and development.

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I sat down with Dr. Drew Pinsky to unpack how a culture of narcissism is warping our relationships, our politics, and the way we raise our kids. Drawing on decades of clinical experience, Dr. Drew explains how collapsing family structures create adults who are fragile on the inside but obsessed with curating a perfect image on the outside. We talk about how social media rewards performative outrage and mob “justice,” why so many young people now filter everything through a lens of victimhood, and how the sexual revolution reshaped intimacy in ways most people still don’t fully understand.

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Outline:

[0:00] Intro

[0:53] What is narcissism?

[15:17] Activist mobs, false empathy, and free speech

[22:42] Narcissism vs sociopathy vs psychopathy

[29:18] The impacts of social media

[30:59] What is adulthood?

[39:05] Family breakdown and the psychological crisis