Author: The Boys Initiative

November 5, 2012 News Clips Liberal or Conservative: Study Finds Childhood InfluenceA person’s temperament in childhood and the type of parenting they received have a major effect on their political beliefs, according to a new study. Researchers looked at data from more than 700 children who took part in an earlier study from the U.S. READ MORE

November 12, 2012 News Clips UPS ends grants to Boy Scouts over discriminationThe philanthropic arm of shipping giant UPS said it will no longer give money to the Boy Scouts of America as long as the group discriminates against gays, the second major corporation to recently strip funding from the scouts.  The UPS Foundation made READ MORE

November 19, 2012 News Clips Muscular Body Image Lures Boys Into Gym, and Obsession In a study to be published on Monday in the journal Pediatrics, more than 40 percent of boys in middle school and high school said they regularly exercised with the goal of increasing muscle mass. Thirty-eight percent said they used protein supplements, READ MORE

November 26, 2012 News Clips With Bullying, What’s a Parent to Do?When kids have academic problems, report cards make that clear to parents. And if a kid skins a knee or breaks a bone, parents know what to do. But detecting that a child is being bullied, and then knowing how to react, may not be READ MORE

December 3, 2012 News Clips New HIV Infections Highest Among Urban Gay, Bisexual Men: CDCThe war against HIV/AIDS is far from over, U.S. health officials said on Thursday, with gay and bisexual men in urban centers accounting for most new infections in the United States. Nearly 29,000 new cases of HIV, the AIDS-causing virus, were attributed READ MORE

December 10, 2012 SPECIAL HOLIDAY COMMENTARYBoy Toys: Pink or Blue for You? Dennis Barbour December 9, 2012 With the holiday season fast approaching the war on boys (as well as on Christmas) is heating up, spurred by a recent decision of the Swedish government to encourage “gender equality” in a number of areas, including toys. In READ MORE

December 17, 2012 News Clips Brain Changes Continue After Child’s Concussion: StudyBrain changes in children who have suffered a concussion continue to occur even after they no longer have symptoms of the injury, according to a new study. The findings highlight the potential benefit of using advanced brain imaging techniques to monitor a child’s recovery.MedlineDecember 12, READ MORE

January 7, 2013 News Clips Economic Conditions at Birth Linked to Behavior in Teen YearsBeing born during a time of chronic unemployment may boost odds of juvenile delinquency, study saysHealth DayDecember 31, 2012 The Great Recess DebateThe American Academy of Pediatrics is jumping into the debate over whether recess is a necessary break or wasted READ MORE

January 14, 2013 News Clips The End of Courtship?Instead of dinner-and-a-movie, which seems as obsolete as a rotary phone, they rendezvous over phone texts, Facebook posts, instant messages and other “non-dates” that are leaving a generation confused about how to land a boyfriend or girlfriend.New York TimesJanuary 11, 2013 Screen time not linked to kids’ READ MORE

January 22, 2013 News Clips Many Young Americans Plan to Own a Gun, Survey FindsMany young Americans say they plan to own a gun later in their lives, a new study reveals. This finding suggests a possible reversal of a trend that pointed to decreasing gun ownership, the researchers said.HealthFinderJanuary 18, 2013 ‘How important are parents?’ READ MORE