america herself is at risk envoys are facing a crisis economic health and mental health. joining me now is warren farrel co-author of the book the boy crisis. warren, what is the cause of th series of problems the boys are facing? all 56 countries where there facing this, their common denominator is these countries are developed. survival is not such a big problem, so there s plenty of permission for divorce and plenty of permission for women and boys to be raised without dads and it s in the areas wher there is a lack of father involvement that the problems exist. the boy crisis resides where fathers do not reside so it s one part of it and the other is where we have single moms who are not helping single moms kno what dads typically bring to th parenting process so that the single moms can do things like roughhouse with the kids or teach the kids.