Barack Obama Calls Out Progressives' 'mistake' Of Constantly Talking About What's Wrong With Boys

Former President Barack Obama called retired progressives connected Wednesday for their "mistake" of perpetually talking astir what boys are doing wrong, alternatively than talking astir what they are doing right. 

Appearing arsenic a impermanent connected nan "IMO" podcast, which is co-hosted by his wife, erstwhile First Lady Michelle Obama, and her relative Craig Robinson, nan erstwhile president based on that nan "mistake" occurred because progressives were hyper-focused connected ensuring location is simply a "level playing field" for girls, which has led to boys' flaws being put nether a microscope.

"I will say, arsenic quote-unquote progressives, Democrats, progressive parents, enlightened ones, we've made that correction sometimes successful position of our rhetoric, wherever it's for illustration we're perpetually talking astir it, you know, what's going connected pinch nan boys alternatively of what's correct pinch them," he stated.

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Former President Barack Obama based on that progressives person overlooked boys during their efforts to create a "level playing field" for girls. ("IMO" Podcast / YouTube)

Obama continued, explaining his reasoning for why galore progressives person overlooked what boys person been doing right, and alternatively person focused connected what they've been doing wrong.

"We rightly person tried to put successful girls to make judge that there's a level playing field, and they're not barred from opportunities. But we haven't been arsenic willing, I think, to beryllium intentional astir investing successful nan boys. And that's been a mistake. And I deliberation group are starting to admit that," he asserted.

Earlier successful nan podcast, nan erstwhile president noted that he finds it "promising" that young men are opening to recognize that location are galore different ways of being a "good, strong, successful, happy man." However, he expressed disapproval of nan younger procreation for leaving down immoderate of nan bully aspects of what nan "old models" of manhood contained.

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Former President Barack Obama, Craig Robinson, and erstwhile First Lady Michelle Obama discussed progressives' "mistake" of not uplifting boys connected nan "IMO" podcast connected July 16, 2025. ("IMO" Podcast / YouTube)

Speaking straight to his brother-in-law, nan erstwhile president told Robinson, "I deliberation that what we request to do successful bid to return advantage of that is to, arsenic a society, arsenic communities, admit this benignant of modulation from nan aged models that you and I, Craig, grew up on. Just for illustration you said, you took a batch of bully worldly from your dad, but past location were immoderate modifications that conscionable had to beryllium made, either because of unsighted spots, limits, deficiency of resources, what person you." 

Continuing his point, Obama utilized an anecdote from what he'd witnessed pinch immoderate of his daughters' antheral friends to explicate really immoderate of nan old-fashioned qualities of being a man, specified arsenic chivalry, person been mislaid connected nan younger procreation of men.

"Talking to Malia and Sasha, sometimes they spell retired pinch their friends and, you know, they're successful a group and nan guy's sewage crocodile arms, you know? It's for illustration not picking up nan check. And it's like, okay, you don't person to prime it up each nan time, but if you're ne'er picking it up, that's a problem," he explained. "That says thing astir you, if you're not opening a doorway aliases pulling retired a chair, because that's conscionable communal courtesy. That's conscionable being kind, right?"

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Barack Obama utilized an anecdote from his experiences pinch his daughters' antheral friends to support his statement that immoderate of nan affirmative qualities of old-fashioned manhood, for illustration chivalry, person been mislaid connected nan younger procreation of men. (Olivier Douliery- Pool/Getty Images)

Obama added that he’s "rooting" for nan parents of boys, noting that arsenic a begetter of daughters, he and his woman are counting connected them to raise "good guys" — not conscionable successful position of marriage, but successful each aspects of life.

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"What we're learning, I think, is that erstwhile we don't deliberation astir boys and conscionable presume they're going to beryllium okay because they've been moving nan world and, you know, they've sewage each nan advantages comparative to girls — and each of which has historically been existent successful each kinds of ways. But precisely because of that, if you're not reasoning astir what's happening to boys and really are they being raised, past that tin really wounded women," he argued.