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Amid concerns about the ‘manosphere’, here’s what three experts think about raising boys in 2025


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Are men okay? 

It’s a question sometimes asked in jest, but recent data has caused some experts to worry about American men and boys.

Men are going to and graduating from four year colleges at lower rates than women. Men age 25-54 are participating in the workforce at a lower rate than ever before. And, data from 2023 suggests young men are spending significantly more time alone than they did in 2019.

And this concern comes as influencers like the Tate brothers and Joe Rogan keep taking up space in the manosphere – a network of podcasters and influencers pushing a version of masculinity that many people consider toxic.  

So how do you navigate healthy masculinity, and raising young men, in 2025?

We talk with our expert panel about how to raise boys in 2025. 

Guests:

  • Don Cameron, executive director of Seattle CARES Mentoring Movement
  • Jerad Koepp, Native student program specialist for North Thurston Public Schools, 2022’s Washington Teacher of the Year
  • Keren Landman, independent reporter, former health reporter for Vox

Related Links:

  • Mentor sign up form for Seattle CARES, the next mentor trainings take place on May 31st and August 27th
  • How to talk to boys so they grow into better men, a Vox article by reporter Keren Landman
  • Men are lost. Here’s a map out of the wilderness. A 2023 Washington Post opinion piece on this topic, by Christine Emba 

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