October 14, 2013
News Features
- ‘American Promise’ doc focuses on the education of black boys
The two friends were the main characters in the documentary American Promise, which explores their lives in Brooklyn from kindergarten to high school graduation day. Idris’ parents, Michèle Stephenson and Joe Brewster, are the film’s producers and directors. Both Idris and Seun, who are African-American, are admitted into the Dalton School, a prestigious private school on New York’s Upper East Side.
The Grio
October 13, 2013 - Mattawan boy uses wheelchair, competes in tennis
And although one player uses a wheelchair, it’s a fairly typical tennis match. All four make some difficult shots, including Caleb. All four, including Caleb, make some obvious flubs.
Bradenton.com
October 13, 2013 - The California Endowment Announces $50 Million Commitment to Sons & Brothers Across California
Dr. Robert K. Ross, Los Angeles Unified Superintendent John Deasy and Other Community Leaders Join Movement to Get Kids Back in School and Stand Up for the Health and Success of Boys of Color
PR Newswire
October 8, 2013 - The Silent Problem: Boys and Men with Eating Disorders
Eating disorders in men are also on the rise. While the stigma and stereotype dictates that eating disorders are problems only women and a few men face, it is now estimated that 10 million American men have had some kind of eating disorder at some point in their lives. The stats are also showing that 43% of men report feeling dissatisfied with their bodies, 37% of men who binge eat report feeling depressed, and 33% of adolescent males report using unsafe weight-control methods like laxatives, binging and purging, or starvation.
Care 2
October 8, 2013 - How America’s Boys Become Psychological Dropouts
America is failing our boys. Today’s boys have lower aspirations for higher education than girls. While the disparity in interest in earning a degree appears when men and women are in their 20s, the problem may start as early as the fifth grade — where more boys than girls become psychological dropouts.
The Gallup Blog
October 8, 2013 - For Boys With Eating Disorders, Finding Treatment Can Be Hard
“Over the last five, six years, I’ve been seeing younger and younger boys who are struggling with these problems,” says Roberto Olivardia, a clinical psychologist affiliated with Harvard Medical School, who has been working with boys and men with eating disorders for nearly two decades.
NPR
October 7, 2013 - Let Me Run Appoints Paul Martino As First Executive Director
Non-Profit Organization’s Running Program for Boys In Fourth Through Eighth Grades Is Building Management Infrastructure to Support National Expansion.
The Let Me Run program addresses boys’ social, emotional, physical and mental well-being. The curriculum is designed to build a strong mind, body and spirit with lesson topics such as “Real men show their feelings,” “Everyday heroes,” and “Getting to know you”.
PR Web
September 30, 2013
International News
INDIA
- Why have adolescent suicides gone up by four times in the last twenty years?
According to National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data, 135,445 people committed suicide in India in 2012 – an average of about 15 suicides an hour. A large number of the suicides were in the 15-29 age group.
Health India
October 9, 2013
SERBIA
- One in 10 gay Serbian boys are thinking about suicide
Study finds 63% of homosexual youths talk about suicidal thoughts while this number is only 23.9% among straight people
Gay Star News
October 13, 2013
UK
- White boys ‘the problem’ for Britain’s schools, says Government aide
A senior Government education adviser has warned that for boys at least, “being white” had become “the problem” in schools.
Britain cannot expect to flourish economically unless there is a concerted effort to halt academic failure by white boys as they are the “dominant racial group”, a senior Government education adviser has warned.
The Telegraph
October 13, 2013