By Medscape, 07/22/2024 “…Primary care, family medicine, and mental health clinicians should ask every adolescent and young adult they care for if they take muscle-building supplements such as protein or creatine, according to a new commentary in the Journal of Adolescent Health…” Read the entire article: https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/ask-teenage-boys-if-they-use-muscle-building-supplements-2024a1000df6?ecd=mkm_ret_240823_mscpmrk_uro_men_etid6767150&uac=468491AN&impID=6767150
Author: The Boys Initiative
The Precarious Online Lives of Young Men
By Time, 08/14/2024 “…We recently shared these statistics with a group of high school boys of various ethnicities and income groups from the Washington, DC area. In response, the boys shared fears, doubts, frustrations about adults who judge and don’t understand, confusion about what it is to be a man, and concerns for despondent peers…” READ MORE
Norway Broadens ‘Gender Equality’ Debate to Address Disparities Facing Men and Boys
By The Good Men Project, 06/12/24 “…The Norwegian Men’s Equality Commission recently released a comprehensive report on achieving gender equality for men. Titled “Equality’s Next Step,” the report expands the traditional narrative to also address the concerns of men and boys. The report documents the disparities affecting Norwegian men and boys across a wide range READ MORE
Male students do better on ACT, get less financial aid
By The College Fix, 08/13/24 “…A 2019 study of 200 colleges by SAVE Services found “57% of institutions offer scholarships that facially violate provisions of Title IX that ban sex-based discrimination.” There are numerous current examples as well. The Velma E. Stuit Scholarship, offered at The University of Iowa, awards up to $2,500 to full-time READ MORE
Restaurant donates part of dessert sales to Massachusetts boy whose ice cream stand was shut down
By CBS News, 08/13/24 “…A waterfront restaurant in Salem is doing its part to help a Norwood boy after the health department shut down his ice cream stand fundraiser. Twelve-year-old Dan Doherty was selling homemade ice cream to raise money for his brother’s hockey team, the Boston Bear Cubs. The program caters to athletes with READ MORE
Autism in boys linked to common plastic exposure in the womb
By New Atlas, 08/08/24 “…Prenatal exposure to higher levels of bisphenol A, a plastic commonly found in water bottles and packaging and known to leach into our foods and drinks, has been linked to autism spectrum disorder in boys, according to a new study that also identified the biological mechanism underlying this link. …” Read READ MORE
Motivational Speaker Teaches Boys to Discuss Mental Health Post-Pandemic
By CBS News, 08/07/24 “…Mental health challenges among girls and young women have been widely studied and discussed, but since the pandemic, experts say they’ve seen a growing focus on the emotional well-being of boys. One motivational speaker is traveling the world to teach young men how to discuss their feelings. …” Read the entire READ MORE
Why “Boy” Culture Is Hurting Boys and Everyone Else
By Greater Good Magazine, July 8, 2024 “…We just assume the “boy” culture notion of boys is true, and we have all sorts of books that say it’s biological. I want to say to people saying gender differences are biological, “Have you ever listened to kids? Because if you ever listened to kids, you would READ MORE
Ga. man walks 200 miles for charter school empowering boys
By 12 26 On Your Side News, July 24, 2024 “…King Randall is using his steps to raise funds for The Life Preparatory School for Boys. The youth organization offers after-school classes and programs, teaching boys everything from reading and writing to trade skills. They are fundraising for more space. …” Read the entire article: https://www.wrdw.com/2024/07/25/ga-man-walks-200-miles-charter-school-empowering-boys/
What’s wrong with boys in school?
By Fordham Institute, July 11, 2024 “…Boys are not faring as well as girls in school. Women outperform men in school in terms of school readiness in kindergarten, GPA, and increasingly in college enrollment and degree attainment. …” Read the entire article: https://fordhaminstitute.org/national/commentary/whats-wrong-boys-school