EPISODE · Sep 19, 2025 · 28 MIN
Ruth Whippman
from Good Citizen · host Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library
Ruth Whippman shows that our approach to raising boys leaves them isolated and trapped between competing expectations of steely dominance and emotional sensitivity. She is the author of BoyMom: Reimagining Boyhood in the Age of Impossible Masculinity. Find her at: ruthwhippman.comFor more, visit goodcitizenpodcast.com.Follow us on Facebook @TRPresidentialLibraryInstagram @trlibraryX @TRPresLibrary.And sign up for our newsletter at trlibrary.com/newsletter to stay up-to-date on the TRPL!--Good Citizen is hosted by Ted Roosevelt V and produced by The Future of StoryTelling in collaboration with Charts & Leisure, on behalf of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Foundation. Learn more about T.R.’s upcoming presidential library at www.trlibrary.com. Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Foundation350 Third AvenueMedora, North Dakota 58645 Future of StoryTellingFounder and CEO, Charles MelcherDirector, Carolyn MerrimanProducer, Alison Byrne Assistant Producer, Madison Brown Charts & LeisureExecutive Producer, Jason OberholtzerProducer, Meghal JanardanEditor, Garrett CroweMix, Andrew AtkinMusic and Final Assembly, Michael Simonelli With special thanks to Edward F. O’Keefe, Robbie Lauf, Courtland Miller, and Matt Briney.
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Ruth Whippman shows that our approach to raising boys leaves them isolated and trapped between competing expectations of steely dominance and emotional sensitivity. She is the author of BoyMom: Reimagining Boyhood in the Age of Impossible Masculinity. Find her at: ruthwhippman.com
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