Author: The Boys Initiative

August 12, 2013 News Clips Youth Concussion FAQ; How widespread are concussions among youth athletes?An estimated 400,000 high school athletes sustained concussions while participating in five major male sports and four major female sports during the 2005-2008 school years.iIn addition, experts believe that the prevalence of sports-related concussions among young people in all sports is READ MORE

August 26, 2013 News Clips Journal Review AAP Recommendations for Male Adolescent, Young Adult HealthThe authors reviewed available literature on young men’s health and summarized best clinical practices to meet the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Healthy 2020 objectives for adolescents and young adults. While offering recommendations for overall care of males in this READ MORE

September 4, 2013 News Clips Recess can reduce bullying and prepare kids to learn, research saysWhen D.C. students discovered last week that recess had been cut to a minimum of 15 minutes per day, many parents launched an immediate protest. Others merely shrugged.  “Teachers should be teaching. Students should be learning,” wrote Steve Sweeney, a parent READ MORE

September 23, 2013 News Clips Boys need to be included in discussions about preventing teen pregnancyThe United States consistently has one of the highest teen pregnancy rates among industrialized countries, despite the fact that the pregnancy rate has declined dramatically over the past 40 years. About 7% of teenagers ages 15-19 get pregnant each year, READ MORE

September 16, 2013 Featured Article Sports concussions linked to substance abuse, suicidal thoughts: researchConcussions are connected with substance abuse and suicidal thoughts in adolescents, new research presented at a St. Michael’s Hospital conference on sports-related brain injuries revealed Saturday.Globe and MailSeptember 15, 2013 Majority Of Millennial Kids In U.S. Generous To CharitiesNearly 9 in 10 millennial READ MORE

September 30, 2013 News Features Sex crimes with young male victims underreportedCases of statutory rape where the abuser is a woman have rarely been prosecuted in Calhoun County, but victim’s advocates say young males are under-researched sexual abuse targets.  An estimated 10 percent to 30 percent of men who were sexually abused as boys were abused READ MORE

October 7, 2013 News Features MTV Partners with The Jed Foundation on Documentary on Suicide Prevention among College AgedMTV today announced that the network will air “Life Continued: Defeating Depression,” a 60-minute special produced by Rainn Wilson’s SoulPancake on World Mental Health DayOctober 10, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. ET/PT Beyond Rhetoric: Does It Get Better?Another simplification is READ MORE

October 14, 2013 News Features ‘American Promise’ doc focuses on the education of black boysThe two friends were the main characters in the documentary American Promise, which explores their lives in Brooklyn from kindergarten to high school graduation day. Idris’ parents, Michèle Stephenson and Joe Brewster, are the film’s producers and directors. Both Idris and Seun, who are READ MORE

October 21, 2013 News Features Single-sex schooling can empower black boysInstead of abandoning the option, educators and policymakers should learn from the promising work of some of the schools that serve young black men. An all-male public school can celebrate many different ways of being a young man, freeing students from a straitjacket notion of READ MORE

November 11, 2013 News Features Engineers study male urine ‘splashback’It may not create world peace, but it could make the bathroom a kinder, gentler — or at least cleaner — place. “Most men, at least once in life, they’re wearing the right fabric or they need to use the bathroom real fast and they realize READ MORE