Here’s Why Penn Badgley’s Recent Comments About Raising Boys Are Being So Well Received By Fans

One person wrote: “As a parent to two young boys, I relate to that pressure 😮‍💨 nice to hear he’s speaking on it.”

“I’m currently pregnant with a boy and think about this constantly,” somebody else added. “I plan to try my best to teach my son to be kind, empathetic, compassionate, and respectful.”

“My dudes are teenagers now (😩). It can be tough to be honest. The ‘boys will be boys’ mindset starts ridiculously early,” another commented. “We balance it with high but well communicated expectations, gentle agreed upon accountability, and a ton of grace.”

“Good on Penn Badgley and his wife for having the awareness that we have a duty as parents to raise respectful, kind boys,” one more wrote. 

Somebody else noted: “If there’s any famous man I’d have to trust to raise good kind empathetic liberal men one of them would be Penn Badgley,” to which another agreed: “He seems like a genuinely well adjusted and self aware person.”

One more referenced Penn’s most famous roles as they quipped: “I can see it now. ‘Don’t be like my characters in You or Gossip Girl, be like my characters in Easy A and John Tucker Must Die.’”