Theo Vonn’s recent podcast about boys and men

Theo recently had Richard Reeves on his podcast. Reeves specializes in studying social issues. He stated that the suicide rate in males under age 20 has increased 40% since 2010. He said the majority of the suicide notes say the boy feels useless or worthless. He also stated that males communicate best when talking shoulder to shoulder or when doing something physical. There have been a lot of threads on here where people criticize travel ball, one just a week ago. I said in the thread last week that the best thing I ever did for my son was build a batting cage and threw batting practice to him after work. The criticizers of travel ball are missing the point. It’s not about Braxton getting a scholarship. It’s about throwing BP to your child in the backyard or catching him pitching when no one else is around. It doesn’t have to be baseball. It can be anything your child is good at and likes. But you need to show them that you love them and that you’re willing to sacrifice your time for them. Many days I didn’t want to get home after work and then spend an hour in the backyard throwing BP. But I did it. All of you dads who want to go play golf on the weekends with friends or go hunting and fishing with buddies or get home from work and sit on the couch and drink beer and play video games or watch tv and veg out need to work on making your children better at something so they don’t end up feeling useless or worthless.