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The Lonely American Man

Hidden Brain

CHAPTER

Why Boys Don't Talk About Personal Things

As boys friendships weaken, their diary entries start to reveal mental health problems. No hard evidence that the decline of friendships among adolescent boys is responsible for suicide. Naomi's concern led her to team up with another professor and a middle school teacher. The idea was to help boys connect more deeply with people they cared about. How? Asking them to conduct in-depth interviews with their loved ones. At the top of the show, we heard from two 12-year-olds at one school.

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