Wednesday, September 14, 2011

NPR - Dads: Helping Boys Form Deep Friendships

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This is an excellent segment from NPR's Tell Me More. The full transcript is available at the link below (the title link).

GUESTS:

Glenn Ivey - attorney with Venable LLP, father of five boys.
Perry Steiner - Managing Partner of Arlington Capital Partners, father of one boy.
Malik Washington - journalist in Washington, D.C.

September 13, 2011

A recent parenting conversation about boys friendships featured moms and researcher Niobe Way, who finds that boys crave and value deep friendships with each other, but American ideas of masculinity make these bonds tougher to keep as boys grow older. Now two fathers and a young male weigh in on the research and discuss their own friendships.

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