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Today is the International Day of the Boy Child. The topic is Boys and Their Mental Health

From an early age, boys are strongly discouraged from showing vulnerability. They are told to bear things “like a man”. In some cultures, people go as far as punishing them when they express pain. For instance, it’s common practice for boys to be beaten or chided for acting “like a girl” when they cry. In other climes, the ability to withstand tremendous amounts of pain without showing signs of discomfort qualifies you as a bride. Yet, bridled emotions aren’t healthy for boys’ mental health. Experts have shown that these habits are toxic for men and human existence because they encourage violence and cruelty in men. It causes some of them to channel that emotional energy destructively.

Could this be one reason why we all complain about toxic masculinity? Yet it seems we have not pinpointed a key root cause. This toxicity starts from the cradle with the way we raise our boys. We discourage them from showing their feelings or expressing how things really are. They are always scolded for being weak and bullied into being strong. This is not healthy as no human being can be strong all the time. In this world where there is chaos and so much uncertainty, where there is loss and things don’t go as planned, where we lose some and win some, there are bound to be hard times. Hence, one must cry and show emotions of loss and frustration. This is why it’s not healthy to dissuade men from being expressive when they don’t have it all figured out.

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