Maybe you've heard bits of quotes from him in speaking about school shootings. Dr. William Pollack is an author and director for the Center for Men and Young Men at Massachusetts' McLean Hospital. He says that too many boys suffer in silence because they have been taught not to show their feelings. Boys don't cry.
Boys stay tough.
Boys don't talk about feelings. Many times, adults don't even realize they are passing on the boy code, because it gets taught in very simple ways. Pollack wants mothers to know that they can't love their sons too much. Research shows that men who grew up with strong connections to their mothers are more successful in many areas of life. This is a man who knows how to get boys to speak.