The overmedication of young men with stimulants suppresses their natural play behavior and serves as an ineffective substitute for proper mentorship and guidance.
“What it does quite clearly is stop boys from playing roughly, especially the ones that are more extroverted and well more extroverted, more sociable, more assertive, more talkative, all of that, more boisterous.”
Jordan B Peterson · Jul 2025 · 1 episode · 143K views on this topicMany young men lack mentorship, which leads them to experience despair and hopelessness, and helping them find purpose is essential for the health of society.
“So many young men, as you know, I'm not going to tell you anything about young men you don't already know, but so many young men do not have fathers. They do not have male role models. And so that fact that a a man cares and wants to see them succeed and wants to see them succeed in the right way is”
Jordan B Peterson · Jul 2025 · 1 episode · 143K views on this topicExtracted by a model; may misattribute who said what.