Selected News Articles
2024
Early Childhood Development Is Not Apolitical — So How Does Ideology Affect Young Children? | Foundation for Child Development
Boys and men are experiencing a ‘crisis of connection,’ expert says | CNN
Developmental Psychologist Dr. Niobe Way on how society can better raise boys | ABC News
Why “Boy Culture” is Hurting Boys and Everyone Else | Greater Good Magazine Berkeley
Both liberals and conservatives are wrong about what’s wrong with boys |Washington Examiner
Desperately Seeking Answers on How to Raise Boys | New York Times
To Help Boys, Should Schools Focus on Masculinity — or on Students’ Shared Humanity? | EdSurge
2023
The essential skills for being human | David Brooks, New York Times
More than 1 in 7 men have no close friends. The way we socialize boys is to blame | Laura Newberry, Los Angeles Times
Boys will be the boys we give them permission to be | Robin Stern, Psychology Today
It’s time to talk about what it means to be a man in the U.S. | Shaunna Thomas & Gary Barker, Newsweek
Is the cure to male loneliness out on the pickleball court? | Michelle Cottle, New York Times
Here’s why experts say men need more friends in their lives — and how they can make them | Mary Elizabeth Williams, Salon
Most young men are single. Most young women are not. | Daniel de Visé, The Hill
Why friendships among men are so important | Jill Suttie, Greater Good Magazine
Boys and men are lonelier than ever. What can we do about it? | Patrick Ryan, USA Today
Lukas Dhont is ready for his ‘Close’-up | Matthew Jacobs, Vanity Fair
This scheduling hack will save your relationships |Ross McCammon, Men’s Health
Boyhood collides with masculinity in Oscar-nominated ‘Close’ | Jake, Coyle, ABC News
With ‘Close’, Lukas Dhont wants to break the cycle of toxic masculinity | John Boone, A.Frame
He hates the phrase ‘boys will be boys.’ So his Oscar-nominated movie fights back | Carlos Aguilar, LA Times
Oscar nominated film ‘Close’ names the threat to boys. Will we finally listen? | Mark Greene, The Good Men Project
As US reels form multiple mass shootings in California, can loneliness be a trigger for violence? | Mary Kekatos, ABC News
‘Close’: The Oscar-nominated movie that names the threat in our son’s lives | Mark Greene, Ms. Magazine
2022
How loneliness is killing men | Ian Taylor, BBC Science Focus
When it comes to banter, men are in their element. But that is no foundation for lasting friendship | Max Dickins, The Guardian
‘I couldn’t find a best man for my wedding’: Why men don’t have close friends and what they can do about it | Kasia Delgado
The end of summer. Now what? | Mark Grayson, The Good Men Project
Why most men don’t have enough friends | Madeline Holcombe, CNN
Telling tales about troubled teenagers | Brussels Times
‘Close’ is a study of friendship and ideas of masculinity | Gregory Elwood, LA Times
Adults undervalue teen friendships. Here’s how to support them. | Emily Laber-Warren, The Washington Post
Apathy crisis: Why it’s hard to care about anything anymore | Lily Rothman, TIME Magazine
Men really want emotional intimacy | Dr. Jo-Ann Finkelstein, Psychology Today
Why men are lonelier in America than elsewhere | The Economist
Books that inspired us in writing “Missing Each Other” | Ashley Pallathra and Edward Brodkin
2021
The pandemic is fueling a crisis of connection. The next surgeon general should tackle both. | Niobe Way, Rick Weissbourd & Marc Brackett, The Hill
Boys’ mental health | SOVA
Are we facing a mental health crisis for boys? | Laura McKenna, Edutopia; George Lucas Educational Foundation
Researchers urge Americans to focus on loneliness epidemic | Henry Kokkeler, RealClear Policy
Why can’t we hold each other? | Nate Hopper, GQ
What we are not teaching boys about being human | Ruth Whippman, New York Times
Learning to connect with my male friends | Josh Kozelj, New York Times
“Straight TikTok” is enforcing harmful gender norms by mimicking marginalized creators | Angelica Puzio, Teen Vogue
Find and keep new friends | Katherine Cusumano, New York Times
2020
To build it back better, we must change the way we listen | Niobe Way & Crystal Clarke, NationSwell
Niobe Way through the prism | Einhorn Collaborative
What this research on connection and masculinity can teach us about mental health | Josh Jacobs, Thrive Global
No game days. No bars. The pandemic is forcing some men to realize they need deeper friendships. | Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post
2019
The cultural roots of loneliness and violence | Dr. Niobe Way, Psychology Today
Men can have better friendships. Here's how | Julia Furlan, NPR
While the internet freaked out over “traditional masculinity,” we talked to a trans boxer about what it really means to be a man | Jacob Rosenberg, Mother Jones
If you want to know what's really going on in boys' heads, ask their BFFs | Jon Patrick Hatcher, Good Housekeeping
The Brett Kavanaugh allegations and the problem with “boys will be boys” | Constance Grady, Vox
Masculinity is not toxic, but it might be diseased | Lauren Vinopal, Fatherly
Male loneliness starts in boyhood | Rebecca Onion, Slate
2018
10 ways to help boys form the close friendships they crave | Phyllis Fagell, The Washington Post
Boys crave close friendships, too | Phyllis Fagell, The Washington Post
How to make friends as a middle-aged man, even if the idea makes you feel weird | Ross McCammon, Time
Two cheers for feminism! | David Brooks, The New York Times
How society pathologizes gender | Carolyn Centeno Milton, Forbes
Keep your head up: How smartphone addiction kills manners and moods | Adam Popescu, The New York Times
Boys need better access to mental health care. Why aren't they getting it? | Julie Compton, NBC News
The crisis of connection: Roots, consequences, and solutions | Dr. Niobe Way, Psychology Today
2017
The myth of the “good” man | Thomas Page McBee, Quartz
Can a man truly not know whether he abused or harassed someone? | Thomas Page McBee, Quartz
2016
How to raise an emotionally honest son | Louise Hart, GQ
Teaching men to Be emotionally honest | Andrew Reiner, The New York Times
Houston's coach pecks away at football's macho culture, a kiss at a time | Marc Tracy, The New York Times
2015
Hey, kids, look at me when you're talking | Bruce Feiler, The New York Times
Should I make my kid hug his grandma at Christmas? | Elissa Strauss, Slate
What does the internet do to our memories? | Kyle Chayka, New York Magazine
Why manning up is the worst thing to do | Mark Greene, Yes Magazine
The 'epidemic of loneliness' when boys become men | Mark Greene, Yahoo News
Beyond the stereotypical image of young men of color | David J. Knight, The Atlantic
Men must change, 'The Mask You Live In’, film says | Ryan McCarthy, Daily Republic
How an epidemic of loneliness is killing the men we love | Mark Greene, The Good Men Project
There's nothing idle about gossip, it's an important social skill | Dannielle Miller, The Daily Telegraph
Debunking the myths about boys and emotion | Vicki Zakrzewski, Huffington Post
2014
The friendship crisis: Why are boys so lonely and violent? | Niobe Way, The Washington Post
On the abuse of 'bro' | Stephen Marche, Esquire
There's something absolutely wrong with what we do to boys before they grow into men | Joseph Lamour, Upworthy
2012
The buddy system | Joshua Glenn & Elizabeth Foy Larson, Slate
2011
Do boys have less intense friendships than girls? | Shannon Doyle and Katherine Schulten, The New York Times
Boys becoming lonely men |The Daily Dish, The Atlantic
The secret lives of boys | Colleen Walsh, The Harvard Gazette
Allowing teenage boys to love their friends | Jan Hoffman, The New York Times
Ask an academic: The secret of boys | Vanna Le, The New Yorker
New theories on why your boys won't talk | Nara Schoenberg, Chicago Tribune
For students, in grades 7-12, sexual harassment is a way of life | New York Daily News
Do guys' friendships need some fixing? | Margaret Hartmann, Jezebel