Build Up Boys; improving the emotional intelligence of boys and men
Kimmi Berlin talks about her company Build Up Boys and how early intervention can help men have greater emotional intelligence.
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Show Notes
After years of listening to women speak about the challenges of relationships, communication issues with their heterosexual partners and difficulty discussing all things that are emotional with male identified partners, I thought we might dive deep into this by discussing why some grown men lack emotional intelligence by looking back to what they learn as boys.
Gender stories run deep in our culture. The inability for adult men to emote and express empathy harks back to age 4-5 when they begin to learn ways of being that dissociates them from their emotions and their bodies signals around how they are feeling.
Build Up Boys works with pre-K -fifth grade boys in order to rewire these gender stories; equipping boys with the necessary skills to retain their innate emotional intelligence and teaching their caregivers on why it is so important to let their boys feel and express their entire range of emotions.
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Produced by Jennifer Hammoud and Matty Rosenberg @ Radio Free Rhiniecliff