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Speaker 1: One in seven boys is reporting not having any friends

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Speaker 1: at all.

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Speaker 2: It's a stark statistic that, according to Big Brothers Big

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Speaker 2: Sisters of Eastern Massachusetts is only getting worse. A nonprofits

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Speaker 2: chief program officer, Terry McCarran tells me, of course, equity

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Speaker 2: is a main priority.

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Speaker 3: Big Brothers Big Sisters is very much in support of

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Speaker 3: all young people. We want to see all young people thriving,

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Speaker 3: and the conversation about boys is really topical because the

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Speaker 3: trends we're seeing in Greater Boston are pretty alarming.

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Speaker 2: Their mentoring program pairs adults up with young kids in

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Speaker 2: need of a role model, and ahead of National Mentoring

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Speaker 2: Month in January, they're looking for males willing to step up.

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Speaker 3: It can be going out for a slice of pizza,

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Speaker 3: doing an art project.

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Speaker 2: Mccaren tells me their most common call for help is

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Speaker 2: among mothers looking out for their sons on High Street.

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Speaker 2: Jay Willette to be bas Boston's news radio