raising two teen boys currently and this could not be a bigger load of horseshit. Skill issue - ThreadSky

treblaw.bsky.social • 17 hours ago

raising two teen boys currently and this could not be a bigger load of horseshit. Skill issue

It's a brutal time for young men, and to be raising one. The primary message they now is get is "YOU'RE BAD" without any meaningful attempt to offer healthy pathways beyond "Don't be a boy."

Absolutely perfect time for right wing monsters to sweep in with shitty answers.

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nathanhb.bsky.social•17 hours ago

Trying to live your life with openness, grace, and honesty for yourself and others: It also teaches your kids not to idolize assholes (my HS JR and his friends think the Tate Brothers and their whole deal suck)

treblaw.bsky.social•17 hours ago

🤝

drmag00.bsky.social•17 hours ago

Yeah, I’ve got three boys and I don’t have this issue at all.

reamessiah29.bsky.social•16 hours ago

Have a teenager of my own and this is absolute bullshit for sure.

scmiller.bsky.social•15 hours ago

My work sometimes involves service calls in schools while school is in session. The amount of times I’ve heard a middle schooler ask me if I’m Andrew Tate is befuddling just knowing he’s that ingrained in their media

treblaw.bsky.social•15 hours ago

sad shit

thefarmerjones.bsky.social•16 hours ago

Debate me terb

treblaw.bsky.social•16 hours ago

Eugene stop logging into your alt account

theguyotc.bsky.social•17 hours ago

also, saying this as a former teen boy, they actually *are* monsters. just pure evil.

storminspank.com•17 hours ago

Completely agree.

eugenehetzel.bsky.social•17 hours ago

How is the general media environ a skill issue. Reject that shit, sure! 2000% skill. But can we honest here. Social media thrives on fury and scandal. Plenty of bad actors feeding it. And it is the case that we arent being asked to face Me Too, but rather a barrage from bad actors of narratives 1/

eugenehetzel.bsky.social•17 hours ago

Like the man/bear thing or the not-all-guys condemnation. I personally believe those are spread by chaos agents, and everyone doesnt need to be promoting "good men" either, but it also true in our social media age that those have become frequent tropes 2/

eugenehetzel.bsky.social•17 hours ago

If you are a young male, and you are on social media, you see that all the time as we all do, and its NOT targeted at bad actors, and you dont see positive affirmation of men or women, of any gender, as adult whole beings, you might be tempted to believe in your limited experience that you are 3/

eugenehetzel.bsky.social•17 hours ago

You are expected to be tainted by such prejudices (not caution, prejudice), thus leaving you feeling more adrift than normal. This doesnt mean idiots like those bros should be turned to, but they are by some unmoored souls. Explaination of environment, not an excuse.

jhankins.bsky.social•17 hours ago

Yeah this is BS. I have a teen son and he knows all this right wing crisis of masculinity crap is just that. He loves youtube and there are if creators out there that speak to him that aren't toxic. Parents who say the crap below are just not willing to put in time and set positive examples

treblaw.bsky.social•17 hours ago

get involved as a parent. Don't stand around like Doc Rivers