By Insight, 06/26/26 “…The state of men’s health is a topic that warrants urgent attention. In Australia, men face higher rates of suicide and mortality from preventable diseases, and have shorter life expectancies than women. A key contributor to these health outcomes is a trend of disengagement from healthcare services that often begins when men READ MORE
Author: The Boys Initiative
Loneliness in Young Men Underestimated Due to Stigma
By Social Care Today, June 2026 “…This week is Loneliness Awareness Week and, to mark the fact, a new study has been published revealing loneliness among boys and young men in England may be far more common than official figures suggest. …” Read the entire article: https://socialcare.today/2026/06/16/loneliness-in-young-men-underestimated-due-to-stigma/
CDC Data Reveals Alarming Rise in Suicide Among Young Black Men
By Eurweb, 06/27/26 “…For generations, suicide in America has largely been viewed as a crisis affecting white, rural and middle-aged populations. New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), however, tells a different and deeply troubling story. …” Read the entire article: https://eurweb.com/black-male-suicide/
The Evolved Male in the Modern Classroom
By David Geary, SAGE Journals 05/16/26 “…I elucidate the educational and occupational struggles of boys and men using an evolutionary framework. This perspective is useful in explaining boys’ relative disadvantage in language and reading development and their advantage in visuospatial and mechanical abilities. …” Read the paper: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00027162261422986?__cf_chl_f_tk=7VM6sbUZPDXi4km2UYAB02CZUWrvRSAEybF0vuJ1x_k-1783388817-1.0.1.1-N.nkkRkt56tBmGFwwXUbudeu3nbE2cFgMGIaZEoCjtM
MARYLAND’S Young Men and Boys Initiative
Created by Governor Wes Moore “…”In Maryland, we are going to be a state that sees our young men and boys not as problems to be solved, but as assets to be unearthed.”c- Governor Wes Moore …” Visit the website: https://goc.maryland.gov/Pages/YMBinitiative.aspx
Early childhood habits shape physical activity levels in adolescence
By News Medical, 04/9/26 “…The numbers are sobering: nearly 80 per cent of the world’s teenagers don’t get enough physical activity, according to the World Health Organization. But a new longitudinal study from Université de Montréal suggests the seeds of that sedentary lifestyle – or an active one – may be sown much earlier than READ MORE
Boy, 13, Dies by Suicide Days After Birthday and Was Told He Was ‘Seeking Attention’ for Bullying Concerns, Family Says
By People, 03/26/26 “…“He was being bullied at school and on the bus not one person outside his home tried to help him,” Stebbins wrote. “He went to the hospital on numerous occasions where his Mimi sat by his side holding him trying to get him the help he was seeking and his mental health READ MORE
Families fight to save Maryland’s only all-boys public school as shutdown nears
By Fox Baltimore, 04/08/26 “…“I’m sorry. I’m crying. They’re my future,” Pressley said of her grandsons. “That’s my legacy. I may not be here when they go to college, but I’ll be somewhere up in heaven, looking down to see them make it. …” Read the entire article: https://foxbaltimore.com/news/project-baltimore/fight-to-save-marylands-only-all-boys-public-school-as-shutdown-nears The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
Boys are ‘biggest victims’ of Quebec’s three-tiered school system, Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois says
By Montreal Gazette, 04/07/26 “…The report cites a dropout rate of 27 per cent for boys in non-selective public schools, compared with 20 per cent for girls. In private schools, the report deems the gender gap less pronounced, citing a 6.4 per cent dropout rate for girls and a 9.5 per cent dropout rate for READ MORE
Study links children’s social media use with anxiety and depression in teenage years
By The Guardian, 03/22/26 “…“Children who use social media apps for longer, and later into the evening, may be offsetting the sleep they need to function healthily. We think this is the key reason we’re seeing a lasting impact on their mental health down the line. …” Read the entire article: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/mar/22/study-children-social-media-anxiety-depression