Author and teen expert Rebecca Sparrow fields curly questions about kids daily, talking to thousands of high school students (and their parents) every year.
She answers all the tricky, sticky and complicated conundrums that are keeping mums and dads up at night, and this week, she heard from a woman named Sam*.
"Dear Bec", the concerned parent wrote.
"Please can I ask this anonymously as I am mortified that my son has shown an interest in this, but I think other parents may have the same problem…
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Rebecca Sparrow’s list of male role models is a nice list but there is a reason these people don’t have the following of an Andrew Tate. Tate speaks directly to boys and young men as a group. Its almost as if we are afraid as a society to consider boys and young men as a group (there is no such reticence for girls or young woman) and encourage them to be the best versions of themselves that they can be – not for the benefit of someone else – but for their own sakes and what that self-actualization can bring them.
Despite stating otherwise I suspect this wont actually be the last time that this magazine publishes something about Tate.
He is actually quite intelligent and if you listen to some of his conversations you would probably agree with 80 - 90 % of what he says. The aspect that most boys and young men gravitate to is encouragement around personal development and improvement.
He does talk about some aspects of men's issues and difficulties in society and makes some interesting points about the issues he raises - I have been surprised at validity of the points that he has made. This resonates with boys and young men because, in part, there is a sense of alienation amongst young men and this person seems 'on their side'. There is a recent interesting interview with Piers Morgan – someone who doesn’t suffer fools gladly (on YouTube) and he can express himself quite articulately.
He interjects sensible comments with absolutely outrageous and misogynistic statements about woman.