We can only meet our children’s feelings when we know how to meet our own.

Culturally, we may picture women as more emotional and men as more stoic. But neuroscience tells a different story. Having and expressing emotions isn’t a “female thing” or a “male thing.”It’s a human thing.

When someone we love dies, sadness is the healthy biological response to our loss. We cannot just ‘get over it’ or ‘suck it up’.

How would a little boy learn that it was good to express intimacy and affection if his own father could not? Answer: A little boy would not.

Jonathan craves sex when he’s lonely. He believes it is weak to let someone know that he's lonely and to admit that he needs company.

Men don't typically feel free to be emotionally honest and authentically vulnerable for many good reasons.