Four Ways To Help Boys Process Emotions #parenting Compared to the highly verbal emotional processing techniques typically used by women, men can sometimes come across as terse and “non-emotional.” If we have to summarize the differences between male and female emotional processing, we would say that male emotionality tends to be instrumental. In other words, generally speaking, boys and men tend to want emotions to be processed efficiently so they can be used and directed toward a performance for relationship goal. However, being instrumental about feelings (utilitarian and goal oriented) is not necessarily a bad thing, as long as we work toward a balance and complementarity of human assets. This emotional balance is learned from a young age, which is why coaching young boys and men on healthy emotional processing is so important.
Posted on: Tue, 27 May 2014 21:30:01 +0000
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