Former President Barack Obama encouraged men to have gay friends to teach their boys “empathy” and be role models, on the Wednesday episode of the “IMO” podcast with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson.
During his guest appearance on his wife and brother-in-law’s podcast, the former president discussed raising “emotionally intelligent” young men and why boys need male figures other than their fathers in their lives.
Obama recalled how he enjoyed visiting Michelle at her house when they were dating and seeing the variety of male relatives in her family that each demonstrated masculinity in their own ways.
“And that’s one of the things that I think a lot of times boys need, is, not just exposure to one guy, one dad, no matter how good the dad. He can’t be everything,” Obama began. “And that boy may need somebody to give the boy some perspective on the dad right?”
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