Inspire boys to be confident and caring through the biographies of 50 fascinating men, past and present, from the under-represented fields of health, education, the arts, and literacy (HEAL).
Boys and men are struggling. They are falling behind girls in education at all levels. They feel pressure from society to hide their emotions and “be a man.” And with much of their time spent on screens, they are missing opportunities to develop social and emotional skills for the real world.
Inspired by his own experiences as a father and policy expert, Richard Reeves’s groundbreaking book Of Boys and Men uncovered some of the ways and extents to which boys and men have been falling behind and imagined initiatives like “He Can H.E.A.L.” to inspire boys to pursue paths that they might otherwise feel are inaccessible or inappropriate for them. He says:
“Gender equality is not a zero sum game. We can do more for bo
