The new CBS Reports documentary "Boys to Men: Why America's Sons Are Struggling" premieres Saturday, Sept. 27, at 5 p.m. ET on CBS News 24/7 and Paramount+ .

Oberlin, Ohio — Every other week, Johnny Cole, the founder of Hey Brother, and David Reese, a language arts teacher at Oberlin High School in Oberlin, Ohio, lead a group of more than a dozen high school boys in lessons and discussions focused on the role of men in today's world — a program they call Men's Work.

"I think boys, in particular, feel this emotional roller coaster, this push and pull of, like, on the one hand, I'm hearing from media and news that I think men should be able to cry," Cole told CBS News. "But I also don't feel like I can express myself, don't have enough adult men in my life that actually model that

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