Esther McCarthy: Boys need to get the message — they are wonderful

I want them to lean into their capacity for decency. I want them to grow up brave and confident enough to be kind. Clued in enough to question the nonsense they’ll see online. 

Esther McCarthy: As a mother, I can’t just shake my head, switch off the wifi, and blame the big, bad internet — much as I’d like to. Picture: Emily Quinn

A friend shared a photo of her new jumper on one of the mum groups recently. It was baby pink with a slogan: ‘Boys will be boys.’

But the second ‘boys’ is struck through so it reads: ‘Boys will be wonderful humans’.