On Wednesday former First Lady Michelle Obama took to the stage at the inaugural Obama Foundatiom Summit alongside poet Elizabeth Alexander for a wide-ranging discussion on topics like Twitter, raising children, and the crucial importance of self-care. But perhaps her most pointed and valuable advice was for men in America and their grave need to get a better group of friends.

“Y’all need to get you some friends,” Obama said to uproarious laughter and applause from the crowd.

Female friends, Obama said, "straighten each other out on some things.... Y’all need to go talk to each other about your stuff because there’s so much of it. It’s so messy. Talk about why y’all the way you are."

From there, Obama explained that all the issues that come with male adulthood stem from the way society raises its boys.

"The problem in the world today is we love our boys and we raise our girls. We raise them to be strong and sometimes we take care not to hurt men. And I think we pay for that a little bit," she said. "And that’s a 'we' thing because we’re raising them."

Obama then posed the question asking whether or not we are coddling young men too much "so they feel entitled and a little self-righteous sometimes?" And she added, "But that’s kind of on us too as women and mothers as we nurture men and we push girls to be perfect."

In her discussion with Alexander, Obama added that young girls must be taught from a very young age to stand up for themselves and practice that skill for a lifetime.