Author: The Boys Initiative

January 28, 2013 News Clips Study casts doubt on link between cannabis, teen IQ dropA landmark study suggesting a link between cannabis use and a drop in teenage IQ may not have gone far enough in its research, with any falls in IQ more likely due to lower socioeconomic status than marijuana, according to a READ MORE

February 4, 2013 News Clips The Boys at the BackBoys score as well as or better than girls on most standardized tests, yet they are far less likely to get good grades, take advanced classes or attend college. Why? A study coming out this week in TheJournal of Human Resources gives an important answer. Teachers of classes as READ MORE

February 19, 2013 News Clips 10 Benefits of Having Teen Boys Huffington Post February 16, 2013 Millions of Americans Have an STD, and Half of New infections are Among Young People Healthfinder.gov February 14, 2013 Raising Healthy Boys Means Letting Them Run A Little Wild More and more though, I’ve heard that parents don’t want their kids playing that roughly. READ MORE

February 26, 2013 News Clips Male soccer players more prone to hamstring strainsMen are more likely to strain a hamstring playing college soccer than women, according to a new analysis of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) injury records.Medline PlusFebruary 21, 2013 Girls Have A Genetic Advantage Over Boys When It Comes To LanguageAccording to a new READ MORE

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