By Francis Vergunst – The Conversation 03/17/2019“… Behaviours identified as early as kindergarten are clues about larger contexts that have lifelong consequences for individuals and society. …” Read the entire article: https://theconversation.com/boys-attention-and-prosocial-behaviour-linked-to-earnings-30-years-later-112388 The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
Category: Mental Health of Boys
Sexual abuse of boys continues to be missed: what social workers can do
By CommunityCare 03/18/2019 “… For young males in particular, distress may manifest as externalising behaviours such as displaying aggressive, harmful or challenging behaviour in school or at home, truanting, running away, displaying HSB or substance misuse. …” Read the entire article: https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2019/03/18/sexual-abuse-boys-continues-missed-social-workers-can/ The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
Has Your Teen Boy Seen His Guidance Counselor?
By Marie Miguel – The Good Men Project 03/18/2019 “… Teenage boys are coping with many emotional challenges; some of them may have a mental illness, and others may be dealing with regular teen issues such as academic success or the ability to perform to the extent that their parents want them to. …” Read READ MORE
Boys still vulnerable to sexual abuse
By Khorn Savi – The Phnom Penh Post 03/07/2019 “…New research conducted by First Step Cambodia has shown that parents and government authorities still have little awareness of how to prevent boys from being victims of sexual abuse, despite a previous study which found that more boys than girls suffer sexual exploitation. …” Read the entire READ MORE
Federal appeals court grants Minnesota boys’ request to compete on dance teams
By Brandon Stahl – Chicago Tribune 03/06/2019 “…A federal appeals court on Wednesday ruled that the Minnesota State High School League must allow two boys to compete on their high schools’ dance teams. …” Read the entire article: https://www.startribune.com/federal-appeals-court-grants-minnesota-boys-request-to-compete-on-dance-teams/506778982/ The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
No recess for boys at public school in Spain so they ‘know how women feel’
By Martin M. Barillas – Life Site 03/07/2019 “…Diaz Villanueva wrote on Twitter, “This Friday, the boys at a school in Huelva will be punished and without recreation … because they are boys. Girls will be allowed to go out to the schoolyard. …” Read the entire article: https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/no-recess-for-boys-at-public-school-in-spain-so-they-know-how-women-feel The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
Children and Nature
By Steve King – The Good Men Project 03/02/2019 “…There are statistics with regard to children having or not having the opportunity for outdoor play. Some of these include “odds of children going outside being: higher for boys, those with three or more playmates, those with mothers of white ethnicity, and those whose parents exercise READ MORE
Why Are So Few Male Students Studying Abroad?
By Jeffrey Selingo – The Atlantic 02/28/2019 “…More than 300,000 college students went overseas in 2016–17. Just a third of them were men. …” Read the entire article: https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2019/02/male-students-studying-abroad/583828/ The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
Identical triplets torn apart for sick science experiment in harrowing documentary
By Ailbhe MacMahon – Daily Star 03/01/2019 “… Throughout childhood, the triplets — who were adopted by three families in the early sixties — were unaware of their brothers’ existence. …” Read the entire article: https://www.dailystar.co.uk/showbiz-tv/hot-tv/762887/channel-4-documentary-sick-shocking-science-triplets-three-identical-strangers The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
Why divorce affects boys more than girls
By Steve Doughty – Iol 02/18/2019 “…But now a major new study has confirmed that they suffer more emotional problems than other children – with boys’ behaviour particularly badly affected. …” Read the entire article: https://www.iol.co.za/lifestyle/family/parenting/why-divorce-affects-boys-more-than-girls-18848980?fbclid=IwAR0yyrdjJpHyJeVVXOYJLlKG-_bAHsp9klTnbq80nb_dJYPhhrSCWyxgm_g The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org