By ADDitude 03/08/2021 “…I wish you knew that my son doesn’t want to misbehave. What seems like misbehavior could be because he is overwhelmed, frustrated or embarrassed. If he is feeling any of these emotions, his brain responds by fighting, fleeing or freezing. It’s a natural stress response. I wish you knew how stressful school READ MORE
Category: Mental Health of Boys
Study Finds No Ties Between Youth Tackle Football, Brain/Behavioral Issues
By Health Day 01/03/2022 “…Now, new research suggests that head trauma and concussions aren’t linked to problems with memory, attention, processing speed or behavior in 9- to 12-year-olds who play football for a few seasons…” Read the entire article: https://consumer.healthday.com/1-3-no-ties-between-youth-tackle-football-brain-behavioral-issues-study-2656172195.html The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
Research sheds light on what’s killing young people, especially boys and young men
By Joanne Silberner – NPR 11/19/2021 “… First, the good news: The death rate among young people around the world has been declining, a new study shows. But boys and young men are not doing as well as girls and young women…” Read the entire article: https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/11/19/1055129130/research-sheds-light-on-whats-killing-young-people-especially-boys-and-young-men The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
Boys Cry Too
By Groundviews 11/23/2021 “… Boys are often under represented or even ignored in the fight against child sexual exploitation due to the stereotyping of gender traits with males being considered strong and invulnerable and less likely to be victimised or in need of support…” Read the entire article: https://groundviews.org/2021/11/23/boys-cry-too/ The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
As The Mom Of Boys, It’s Important That I Take Their Mental Health Seriously
By Alicia Stein – Scary Mommy, 10/11/2021 “…According to the National Institute of Mental Health, men are less likely to experience mental health struggles than women. However, they are also less likely to have sought help for a mental health problem in the past year than women…” Read the entire article: https://www.scarymommy.com/mental-health-mom-boys/ The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
High rate of suicide among young, African American boys, data shows
By Erica Simon – ABC13 Houston, 11/04/2021 “… Hudson says oftentimes Black boys who act out in school are miscategorized and overly disciplined. She believes all of us have to get to the root of the problem, so that every child – Black or not – feels seen, valued, and has space to process trauma READ MORE
Social media is becoming increasingly toxic for boys’ body image, too
By Jason Nagata, 10/18/21 “…While Instagram’s impact on teenage girls’ body image made the news recently, few have thought about its effect on teenage boys and young men. Although there is a stereotype that eating disorders occur exclusively in females, males represent a third of people struggling with eating disorders. The masculine body ideal has READ MORE
How traits relate to brain activity may differ between autistic boys, girls
By Anna Goshua, 10/11/21 “…The new work bolsters the idea that the brains of autistic boys function differently from those of autistic girls. It should also serve as a warning to scientists to heed these differences when considering resting-state brain activity as a biomarker for autism, the researchers say….” Read the entire article: https://www.spectrumnews.org/news/how-traits-related-to-brain-activity-may-differ-between-autistic-boys-girls The READ MORE
Boys don’t cry? Survey finds men actually weep more than women — 4 times a month!
By Chris Melore, 10/21/21 “…Those heightened feelings of shame may be why men dealing with mental health conditions confessed more frequently to using coping behaviors like alcohol abuse (49%), substance abuse (40%), and self-harm (35%)…Those behaviors appear to be far less common among women…..” Read the entire article: https://www.studyfinds.org/men-cry-more-than-women The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
Study: Young boys who play sports less likely to have anxiety, depression
By HealthDay News, 09/27/21 “…We found that 5-year-old boys who never participated in sports were more likely between the ages of 6 and 10 to look unhappy and tired, had difficulty having fun, cried a lot, and appeared fearful or worried,” Pagani said…Also, boys who exhibited higher levels of depressive and anxious symptoms during middle READ MORE