Billy responds solo to the most moving content PCP has ever received. Raw stories about lost boys, masculinity and what it truly costs when we get this wrong, and why there is still so much reason for hope.
It’s been tough lately advocating for a world where boys can be supported in becoming men who care for others and themselves too.
In this reflection episode you’ll only hear from Billy. The questions and reflections that came in were so vulnerable, powerful and heavy that in the end it felt right for Billy to carry them alone, with the clinical experience this space deserves. What follows is some of the most powerful content the PCP community has ever sent in.
We hear from parents raising boys in impossible circumstances finding grace in the smallest moments, from men who carried the weight of looking strong through the worst experiences of their lives, and from a woman who was harmed by lost boys and is now pregnant with a son, trying to understand how to protect him from becoming one. A letter about what happens to lost boys when they grow up and become fathers stops us in our tracks. We end with a child protection worker’s story of Steve Hogan, a man who found more lost boys than anyone she has ever known. It’s a heavy listen. Take a break if you need to, and please reach out if you need someone to talk to.
Thank you to Our Watch for supporting this topic and for the important work you do for gender equality and violence protection.
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