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“Developing Self-Reliance.”<\/a> <\/strong>During the 1950s, studios like Coronet Films (created by the founder of GQ <\/i>and Esquire, <\/i>David Smart) produced “social guidance films,” instructional movies designed to be shown in schools and help young people become happy, well-rounded citizens. While many of these instructional films are cheesy and outdated, there are some real gems among them. Our favorite is Developing Self-Reliance<\/i>, which teaches young Alan how to take greater personal responsibility for his life. We showed it to our kids who seemed to get something out of it. If you’re looking for more vintage instructional films to watch, we put together a collection of the 12 best here.<\/a><\/p>\n “\u2018Toxic Masculinity\u2019 Is Toxic Terminology.”<\/a> <\/strong>Dr. John Barry, who heads the UK’s Centre of Male Psychology, came on the AoM podcast a few months ago to talk about what the world of psychology gets wrong about men<\/a>. Some of the research he mentioned in the show has now been published in a new paper<\/a>. In surveying 4,000 men, Dr. Barry found that “thinking masculinity is bad for your behavior is linked to having worse mental well-being.” Conversely, “positive views of masculinity are linked to better mental well-being.” The study suggests that how we talk about masculinity in schools, the media, and culture matters, and that \u201cif we want men to have good mental health, a useful strategy might be to help them to appreciate the ways in which their masculinity can have a positive impact on their behavior and the people around them.”<\/p>\n