How can I make my brother more masculine?

[Anonymous]

My brother is 15 and he used to be a normal kid but in the last two years he’s become a lot more feminine. He stopped playing soccer to spend more time writing. He’s more emotional. He even has a skincare routine now. In general, he acts like a girl now.

And I fear that people are gonna make fun of him or that girls won’t like him. My father doesn’t care about any of this and at school he doesn’t have good influences. So is my job to help him with this.

[Lionman95]

I would say by maybe help him be more confident about who he is and help understand being a guy isn´t a bad thing. I think one thing could be that he´s in a time where he´s looking for rolemodels and tries to figure out who he is and what life is all about.

[SnowedIn]

Nothing. Let your brother be your brother. Awesome that you care about him but the WORST thing you can do for him is try to make him into something he's not.

[Asker]

But what he is right now isn’t the very healthy. I’m worried it may escalate to something worse, and that tomorrow my brother will be my “sister”.

[SnowedIn]

I respectfully disagree that where he is isn't healthy. That's your opinion. Your job is not to change him or mold him into what you think he should be. Your job is to set the example you think you should set. And he can follow it. Or not. If you try to make him something he's not, you'll send his mental health down the tubes.