The Good Men Project hosts regular TwitterChats with a wide assortment of expert and thought leader guests. Have a look at one recent conversation.
Highlights from our chat about raising emotionally intelligent boys. Our #GoodMenChat guest was Dr. Max Wachtel, a forensic psychologist and author of The One Rule for Boys.|
Still excited about last night’s #GoodMenChat! Great convo! B/C of it, Amazon only has 14 copies of my book left: http://t.co/DrX5P7qbEo
— Dr. Max Wachtel (@mwachtel) March 12, 2015
Q1. @machtel: What’s the difference between sympathy and empathy #GoodMenChat — The Good Men Project (@GoodMenProject) March 12, 2015
@digurdestiny I would say 1. Look at your parenting from his POV 2. Be an example 3. Accept & work with the differences #GoodMenChat
— Charles T Franklin (@thecharlesiwas) March 12, 2015
@GoodMenProject @machtel #GoodMenChat: A1: Sympathy: “I feel sorry for you.” Empathy: “I know how it feels, I’ve been there.” — Nicholas Garcia (@nickgarciataria) March 12, 2015
Q2. @mwachtel: What’s one tip to start raising empathetic boys? #GoodMenChat
— The Good Men Project (@GoodMenProject) March 12, 2015
@GoodMenProject @mwachtel A2. Make and take the time to listen to them. #GoodMenChat — The Dr. Vibe Show™ (@drvibeshow) March 12, 2015
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— Tweat Fnatic (@tweat_fnatic2) March 12, 2015
GoodMenProject: Q6. mwachtel: What is the one worst thing we could do when raising boys? #GoodMenChat — Tweat Fnatic (@tweat_fnatic2) March 12, 2015
@GoodMenProject @mwachtel #GoodMenChat – im gonna take a guess – not validate feelings by letting parental egos get in the way — lisa girard (@digurdestiny) March 12, 2015
#GoodMenChat: A6.3: Also, another worst thing you can do — invalidate your son’s bad experiences by telling him others have it worse. — Nicholas Garcia (@nickgarciataria) March 12, 2015
GoodMenProject: Q9. mwachtel: What are some emotional differences between girls and boys? #GoodMenChat — Tweat Fnatic (@tweat_fnatic2) March 12, 2015
@GoodMenProject A9:I don’t think there are real emotional differences but instead differences I’m expectations & communication #GoodMenChat — Aleasa Word (@Adub4spirit) March 12, 2015
@GoodMenProject There are very few innate emotional differences between boys and girls. Most of it is socialization. #GoodMenChat — Dr. Max Wachtel (@mwachtel) March 12, 2015
@mwachtel True, we have been conditioned on how to construct each gender in a cycle that needs altering #GoodMenChat @GoodMenProject — Stilley (@NotIn140) March 12, 2015
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Marie Roker-Jones organizes our TwitterChats and is the Senior Editor of Raising Boys.