Episode 74: Boys Do Cry – An Interview With Matt Pinkett
The Learning Scientists Podcast
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The Importance of Listening to Boys
I think we need to remind ourselves that boys are actually very keen to talk about their problems. The chapter on friendship shows that boys crave absolutely crave emotional intimacy with other boys. But when it comes to the listening thing, there are things that boys simply do not do. Girls are far more likely, for example, just to nod, nod and do those kind of nonverbal cues that say, I am listening to you. So as teachers getting better at modeling good listening behaviors so that boys can learn how to listen is a really important task. Learning that listening is important and changing the way that we talk about suicide could also be free. We can all do very quickly. And actually, the
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