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Book · 2018 · Family & Relationships

The Boy Crisis

Why Our Boys Are Struggling and What We Can Do About It

by Warren Farrell, John Gray · Recommended by 4 people on 3 podcasts

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The Boy Crisis is definitely the best and the portions of the book and I have to say that a lot of men in particular are saying to me...
Warren Farrell · The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast · Jun 2022 Listen at 1:50:51

What they say about it

Grouped from 7 mentions
  • Discussing the book details“the boy crisis”
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The best things said about it

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Discussed
He is the author of The Boy Crisis. Why are boys are struggling and what we can do about it.
Megyn Kelly The Megyn Kelly Show · Aug 2022
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What I got out of The Boy Crisis was not your data, but rather that that my my attitudes, my internal thinking was seen exactly.
Warren Farrell The Megyn Kelly Show · Aug 2022
Discussed
I've been reviewing The Boy Crisis in in quite a bit of detail over the last few days.
Jordan Peterson The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast · Aug 2021

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Why people recommend it

The Boy Crisis by Warren Farrell and John Gray examines the systemic social, educational, and familial challenges facing young boys and men in contemporary society. When Jordan Peterson asked Warren Farrell for a book recommendation focused on familial communication patterns on The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast, Warren Farrell recommended The Boy Crisis as the best resource, noting that many men felt deeply understood by its contents. Robert Evans mentioned the book on Behind the Bastards while discussing claims about mass shooters and fatherlessness. Megyn Kelly introduced Dr. Warren Farrell on The Megyn Kelly Show by highlighting his authorship of the book, which investigates why boys are struggling and what can be done about it. Warren Farrell shared an anecdote about a young man who read the book and felt his internal thinking was finally understood. Jordan Peterson frequently referenced the book across his podcast, noting that he reviewed it in detail to discuss ways parents can moderate the effects of divorce on children. Across these discussions, the book serves as a vital anchor for exploring male mental health, fatherhood, educational disparities, and the broader cultural implications of shifting family structures.

Every mention

7 counted mentions · 8 passing or ad reads below
Warren Farrell Where if if people want to read what you've written that that say specifically focuses on familial communic… 2
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“He said, "What I got out of the boy crisis was not your data, but rather that that my my attitudes, my internal thinking was seen exactly. I felt like somebody finally understood me."”
Recommended
“Where if if people want to read what you've written that that say specifically focuses on familial communication patterns, what what's the best book for them do you think? The boy crisis is definitely the best and the portions of the book and I have to say that a lot of men in particular are saying to me that they”
Jordan Peterson what's his name he wrote the boy crisis warren farrell has documented 3
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“what's his name he wrote the boy crisis warren farrell has documented”
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“we're going to talk today about the boy crisis which was published just after our last interview so that's in 2018.”
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“so I've been reviewing the boy crisis in in quite a bit of detail over the last few days”
Megyn Kelly All of this factors in as we speak today to Dr. Warren Farrell. He is the author of The Boy Crisis. Why are… 1
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“All of this factors in as we speak today to Dr. Warren Farrell. He is the author of The Boy Crisis. Why are boys are struggling and what we can do about it.”
Robert Evans I think Warren Farrell wrote a book called The Boy crisis told me yesterday when I was talking to them ever… 1
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“I think Warren Farrell wrote a book called The Boy crisis told me yesterday when I was talking to them every single high school shooter was fatherless”

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Other mentions (8: passing, ad reads, own books)
Plugged
“When I submitted The Boy Crisis to my publisher, I initially outlined 10 different area causes of the boy crisis. And then I started studying each of those 10 causes and I wrote my publisher said, "I'm sorry, but I'm finding that largely the boy crisis resides where dads do not reside."”
Plugged
“His most recent book, The Boy Crisis, co-authored with John Gray, was a finalist for the Indie Book Publishing Award.”
Plugged
“And he said to me you know, thank you for the boy crisis book.”
Plugged
“And in the process, I stumbled across the the boy crisis book.”
Plugged
“And and I really encourage every school system to to in the boy crisis book I have a suicide depression inventory and there is every home every mass shooting is a suicide.”
Passing
“you should have warren thomas farrell on the show he initially came to prominence in the 1970s as a supporter of second wave feminism now fights for men as it and is the author of the boy process”
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“as I said we spoke three years ago it was May 6 2018 just before Dr Farrell's book The Boy crisis was published”

Portraits from Wikimedia Commons: Warren Farrell, Warren.Farrell / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0); Megyn Kelly, MattGagnon / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain); Jordan Peterson, Gage Skidmore / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).