Former President Barack Obama wants young men to know: a role model is not enough.
On Wednesday, talking about his wife Michelle Obama’s Podcast Imo, Barack, who hosted with his brother Craig Robinson, opened the importance of creating “emotionally intelligent, competent men”.
“First of all, the most important strategy had the right partner, Barak Barack said, Barack said, Barack said.
Even if these vehicles were limited, the couple was reflected in how their parents were grown with the tools they had. From there, he went into unique difficulties against talking about girls’ raising boys.
Barack said, “There are some special problems that we do not deal with as a society with men,” he said.
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He emphasized the need to have a comprehensive “community de for men to look for men.
He remembered how much he “loved it ına to see a“ different type of group in his life. To this day, this exposure is necessary in your eyes.
“This is one of the things I often think men need,” he said.
Michelle and Barack admit that it is important to have a good father’s figure – but not everything. As Michelle said, “Not everything.”
Barack went one step further by sharing a personal story that helps to shape his own sense of identity and empathy.
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“One of the most valuable things I have learned as a man was that gay people were still a homosexual professor at the university at a time when he was still not alive,” he remembered.
This professor became one of his “favorites ve and was not afraid of“ calling him ”when he said something“ ignorant ”. These moments were essential to create compassion and understanding for Barack.
Later, he stressed that a various community was seen and supported by LGBTQ+ Youth.
“In the meantime, you need that person in your group of friends, so if you have a gay or neutral son or what, ‘Okay, I’m not alone in this matter,’ ‘he said.“ I think this community creates. I know this is stale, but that’s what they need. “
