Steven

The US has the world's highest rate of children living in a single-parent household, and 92% of the time that's with the mother alone. And in 1968, only 11% of children lived with only their mother, 21% in 2020. So that's doubled in the last 50-odd years, which is pretty staggering.

The US has the world's highest rate of children living in a single-parent household, and 92% of the time that's with the mother alone. And in 1968, only 11% of children lived with only their mother, 21% in 2020. So that's doubled in the last 50-odd years, which is pretty staggering.

And then obviously the consequence of that, as Scott described, is that individuals from father-absent homes were 300% more likely to carry drugs, to carry guns, to deal drugs, and there's this huge plethora of mental health consequences if you don't have a father in the home. I mean, what do we do about that? And where are the fathers? Where are they going?

And then obviously the consequence of that, as Scott described, is that individuals from father-absent homes were 300% more likely to carry drugs, to carry guns, to deal drugs, and there's this huge plethora of mental health consequences if you don't have a father in the home. I mean, what do we do about that? And where are the fathers? Where are they going?

I want to talk about that sort of early education experience and how it can be adapted, but also just like if the environment of the classroom is right for boys. As we were talking about the point about fathers and listeners as well, I found this graph, which is also pretty shocking. And it goes into something you said, Scott.

I want to talk about that sort of early education experience and how it can be adapted, but also just like if the environment of the classroom is right for boys. As we were talking about the point about fathers and listeners as well, I found this graph, which is also pretty shocking. And it goes into something you said, Scott.

It basically shows that the absence of a father on a boy causes depressive symptoms, but the absence of a father on a young girl doesn't cause the same depressive symptoms, which means that the absence of a father for a boy It drastically increases their chance of being depressed. Whereas if for a girl, it doesn't.

It basically shows that the absence of a father on a boy causes depressive symptoms, but the absence of a father on a young girl doesn't cause the same depressive symptoms, which means that the absence of a father for a boy It drastically increases their chance of being depressed. Whereas if for a girl, it doesn't.

Lewis Howes didn't admit that until a couple of years ago. Is that right? So he's lived with that his whole life. And it wasn't until he was, I think, having dysfunctional relationships and a few other things had happened that he decided he wanted to say it publicly for the first time. which again feeds into your point. We actually asked some of our audience to write in.

Lewis Howes didn't admit that until a couple of years ago. Is that right? So he's lived with that his whole life. And it wasn't until he was, I think, having dysfunctional relationships and a few other things had happened that he decided he wanted to say it publicly for the first time. which again feeds into your point. We actually asked some of our audience to write in.

And one of the people that wrote in was a teacher in a primary slash preschool. And she said to me, she was an anonymous teacher in Germany. And she says, every year, it seems like more and more children, always boys, have this new energy to destroy the classroom dynamics.

And one of the people that wrote in was a teacher in a primary slash preschool. And she said to me, she was an anonymous teacher in Germany. And she says, every year, it seems like more and more children, always boys, have this new energy to destroy the classroom dynamics.

These boys almost always have two things in common, a lack of boundaries at home, an unsupervised, unlimited access to all kinds of content on the internet, e.g. porn. Their perception of what is okay and what is right becomes completely distorted. I have tried so many things and every year it's becoming an even bigger challenge. Young boys in school.

These boys almost always have two things in common, a lack of boundaries at home, an unsupervised, unlimited access to all kinds of content on the internet, e.g. porn. Their perception of what is okay and what is right becomes completely distorted. I have tried so many things and every year it's becoming an even bigger challenge. Young boys in school.

So one proposal is to delay education for boys, put them in education later. Is the classroom itself a problem? Like the sitting in school, listening to someone speak at you. Someone proposed to me on this podcast before that boys need more sort of practical play and the classroom isn't designed for that.

So one proposal is to delay education for boys, put them in education later. Is the classroom itself a problem? Like the sitting in school, listening to someone speak at you. Someone proposed to me on this podcast before that boys need more sort of practical play and the classroom isn't designed for that.

I was thinking that. So if we have less men in the home raising the children and then we go to school and the stat says that 72% of teachers in middle school are women as well. There's no men at school either. It's no wonder that boys are struggling so severely at such a young, early age for so many reasons, because one would assume that they're being socialized in the same way as girls are.

I was thinking that. So if we have less men in the home raising the children and then we go to school and the stat says that 72% of teachers in middle school are women as well. There's no men at school either. It's no wonder that boys are struggling so severely at such a young, early age for so many reasons, because one would assume that they're being socialized in the same way as girls are.

I'm seeing, I've got a mother at home, don't have a father. I've got women at school, don't have male teachers. I mean, that's a controversial thing to say. I'm sure it used to be, but I think people are waking up a little bit now.

I'm seeing, I've got a mother at home, don't have a father. I've got women at school, don't have male teachers. I mean, that's a controversial thing to say. I'm sure it used to be, but I think people are waking up a little bit now.