Author: The Boys Initiative

March 11, 2013 News Clips Sexting Habits of TeensOther studies have shown that females tend to send more sexts than males. Of the students in this study, Latina high school girls were the least likely to send sexts. Latino men were next. And black males and females were about equal with their use of sexting, READ MORE

March 18, 2013 News Clips 60-Plus Minutes of Physical Activity a Day Where Kids Live, Learn and PlayOne of the problems is that kids are sitting more and moving less. Most spend nearly half of their waking hours in school without any scheduled physical activity time. Daily physical education (what most of us know as PE) is READ MORE

March 25, 2013 News Clips Rule changes can help cut concussionsAlthough the guidelines cover several concussion-related topics, one statement in particular seems to have received the lion’s share of attention in the popular press. The statement, concerning prevention of concussions, reads: “There is no good clinical evidence that currently available protective equipment will prevent concussion READ MORE

April 1, 2013 News Clips Asian Students Better at Math and Science; Girls Equal to Boys in STEM Career PotentialA new study finds that male and female students consistently earn similar grades in high school math and science courses, while Asians are better at math and science than all other ethnic groups- results that debunk gender READ MORE

April 8, 2013 News Clips Women and men perform the same in mathGirls and boys earn similar grades in math and science, but Asian-American students of both genders outperform all others, U.S. researchers say.UPI.comApril 7, 2013 Meriden program teaches life lessons to teen boysSince September, a handful of young boys willingly woke up every Saturday READ MORE

April 15, 2013 Of Interest Boys and Sex Ed: Beyond Statistics and StereotypesForty-nine percent of boys have had sexual intercourse by the time they finish high school. One in four has an STD. Yet sex ed by and large still focuses on the needs of girls. How do we teach in ways that resonate with READ MORE

April 22, 2013 News Clips Sons of Absent or Abusive Fathers May Pick More Bar Fights: SurveyMen whose fathers were abusive or absent are more likely to get into bar fights, a new study reveals.These findings about alcohol-related aggression are from a survey of 137 men, aged 18 to 25, in Australia, and appear online READ MORE

April 29, 2013 News Clips Survey Finds Rate For Young Adult Coverage Improves While Others DeclineWhile the number of medically uninsured young adults dropped over the past two years, coverage of the overall working age population failed to improve, according to the findings of the Commonwealth Fund’s 2012 biennial health insurance survey released Friday.Kaiser Health NewsApril 26, READ MORE

May 6, 2013 News Clips Is your child a budding psychopath? Now there’s a way to find outBRAIN scans can be used to identify children who may grow up to be psychopaths, scientists have discovered.A study compared 37 boys with serious conduct problems, including causing harm to others, dishonesty, general aggression and other antisocial traits, READ MORE

May 13, 2013 News Clips Op-Ed: What’s Your HIV Risk? If You’re Under 24, Probably Higher Than You ThinkThe numbers of young people being infected is staggering, but there’s a lot we can do about it, says the director of the government’s Office of Adolescent Health.Take Part.comMay 3, 2013 Same-Sex Relationships Pose Abuse Risks, TooThough many READ MORE