Category: 2014 Newsletter

April 2, 2014 Special Note We are deeply saddened to learn of the recent passing of Linda Juszczak, President of the School Based Health Alliance, one of our Partners for Male Youth. More information can be found here. News Clips Pre-K Suspension Data Prompt Focus on InterventionNew data showing that thousands of children—including a disproportionate number READ MORE

April 9, 2014 Check out the Health Provider Toolkit for Adolescent and Young Adult Males at the new website for The Partnership for Male Youth and follow the Partnership on Twitter@formaleyouth and like the Partnership on Facebook. News Clips Black boys facing chronic adversity show signs of early genetic agingBy the time they have reached the fourth grade, African American boys READ MORE

April 16, 2014 Trafficked Boys OverlookedStill, males remain a largely invisible population within the dialogue on sex trafficking. According to a 2008 study by the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, in fact, boys comprised about 50 percent of  sexually exploited children in a sample study done in New York, with most being domestic victims.Juvenile Justice READ MORE

April 29, 2014   VISIT US AT OUR AUA MEETINGBOOTH #1785   The Boys Initiative is proud to be a 2014 collaborating partner News Clips Friends Can Be DangerousThe paper in question, written with my former student Margo Gardner, appeared in the journal Developmental Psychology in July 2005. It described a study in which we randomly READ MORE

May 5, 2014   VISIT US AT OUR AUA MEETINGBOOTH #1785   The Boys Initiative is proud to be a 2014 collaborating partner News Clips Boys in Chairs: Navigating Our Sex, Sexuality and Sex Appeal in Attendant Care ProgramsBefore delving into it too far, I feel it’s important to unpack what I mean when I READ MORE

May 20, 2014 A Guide to Federal Education Programs That Can Fund K-12 Universal Prevention and Social and Emotional Learning Activities May 2014 Federal education funding has often been overlooked by school districts in search of sources of support for prevention. This guide is intended to help districts take advantage of those funds by identifying READ MORE

May 27, 2014    News Clips Recommendations Updated for Child, Adolescent Drug Testing (PDF)Drug testing is often used in children and adolescents but is invasive and can yield limited information, and results are easily misinterpreted, according to a clinical report from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). The report, published online May 26 in Pediatrics, provides guidance READ MORE

June 2, 2014    News Clips Boston: Minority Boys Need City’s AttentionA sobering study completed recently by Tufts University Professor James Jennings predicts a nightmare for the city’s black and Latino boys as they approach adulthood, posing the question: “If we don’t [intervene] then how can Boston become a great city for all?”Boston HeraldMay 30, READ MORE

June 10, 2014    News Clips ‘Thank Goodness We Have Boys’I have a responsibility to raise gentlemen. To raise boys into men who think unequal pay for equal work just isn’t fair. To raise men who don’t think mommies stay home and daddies go to work. To raise men who are equal participants in the READ MORE

June 16, 2014    News Clips The friendship crisis: Why are boys so lonely and violent?While there’s a lot of talk about the need for tighter gun control and better treatment of the mentally ill, the roots of this horrifying trend go much deeper. Our culture prizes independence over human connection. It devalues and even READ MORE