By Jack Mahony – Skynews 12/15/2021 “… The 2021 NAPLAN results have shown girls are outperforming the boys in reading and writing while the boys have proven to be superior in numeracy. The gap in results between students with parents who failed to finish school and those from lower socio-economic backgrounds also tended to fall READ MORE
Author: The Boys Initiative
Boys vs. Girls: Study suggests female fetuses may get more COVID-19 protection from mom
By Local12 12/09/2021 “…Antibodies are what your body makes after getting the vaccine or getting the virus, which protect you. It turned out, moms who got the virus during pregnancy passed fewer protective antibodies to male fetuses compared to female…” Read the entire article: https://local12.com/health/health-updates/boys-vs-girls-study-suggests-female-fetuses-may-get-more-covid-19-protection-from-mom-pregnancy-cincinnati
Study Finds No Ties Between Youth Tackle Football, Brain/Behavioral Issues
By Health Day 01/03/2022 “…Now, new research suggests that head trauma and concussions aren’t linked to problems with memory, attention, processing speed or behavior in 9- to 12-year-olds who play football for a few seasons…” Read the entire article: https://consumer.healthday.com/1-3-no-ties-between-youth-tackle-football-brain-behavioral-issues-study-2656172195.html
Child grooms are often overlooked in the fight to stop child marriage
By NPR 01/02/2022 “… The teenager dreamed of becoming a doctor. But that dream was derailed by child marriage. It’s a familiar story – but in this case the details may surprise you. The 15-year-old wasn’t a child bride. He was a child groom…” Read the entire article: https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2022/01/02/1066099271/child-grooms-are-often-overlooked-in-the-fight-to-stop-child-marriage
Study: Sugary drinks affect Pre-K boys more than girls
By WNYT, 11/03/2021 “…The results were that one sugary drink induced an initial relaxing effect for the boys before making them more restless. However, the girls’ behavior didn’t change. Researchers also found a negative effect on math scores for boys and a positive effect for girls…” Read the entire article: https://wnyt.com/commit-to-kids/study-sugary-drinks-affect-pre-k-boys-more-than-girls/6290573/
Nearly 7% of U.S. Kids Have Had a Head Injury or Concussion
By Steven Reinberg – HealthDay, 12/01/2021 “…The researchers also found that boys are more likely than girls to suffer head trauma. “It will be important to continue to monitor these disparities in the hopes of better understanding the pathways that lead to both having a brain injury or concussion and seeking medical care,” said researcher READ MORE
Early detection of autism in children has improved, but disparities remain, CDC studies suggest
By The Philadelphia Tribune, 12/03/2021 “…Overall in 2018, about 1 in 44 8-year-olds (2.3% of 8-year-olds) had been identified with autism spectrum disorder, according to one of the CDC studies. Prevalence was more than four times higher among boys than girls, but similar across most racial and ethnic groups…” Read the entire article: https://www.phillytrib.com/news/health/early-detection-of-autism-in-children-has-improved-but-disparities-remain-cdc-studies-suggest/article_9365b66c-b6c9-57b3-9c0f-e2a84910c181.html
How do you get kids who missed out on kindergarten during the pandemic back on track? That’s what these educators are figuring out
By CPR, 12/02/2021 “…Many of the kids in this classroom and their fellow first graders hadn’t been in a formal classroom with other students in 18 months. Instead, they’d been on screens, often alone. So, they struggled with listening, processing what the teacher was saying, and then doing the task…” Read the entire article: https://www.cpr.org/2021/12/02/kindergarten-pandemic-in-person-learning/
The Global Lane – EP523
By CBN News, 12/09/2021 The Boys Initiative Executive Director, Vermelle Greene, talks to CBN News about issues concerning boys including school shootings and returning to school during the pandemic. Read the entire article: https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/global-lane?nid=604249
Research sheds light on what’s killing young people, especially boys and young men
By Joanne Silberner – NPR 11/19/2021 “… First, the good news: The death rate among young people around the world has been declining, a new study shows. But boys and young men are not doing as well as girls and young women…” Read the entire article: https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/11/19/1055129130/research-sheds-light-on-whats-killing-young-people-especially-boys-and-young-men