By Reuters on 08/27/2018 “… Untreated depression during pregnancy is associated with underweight babies who are more likely to need intensive care after birth. Pregnant women with uncontrolled depression may not eat well or keep up with prenatal visits, and in the most severe cases, they may be at increased risk for suicide. …” Read the READ MORE
Category: Mental Health of Boys
Boy’s lemonade stand reopens after health department shutdown
By NY Post on 08/19/2018 “… The upstate 7-year-old who had his lemonade stand shut down by health department bureaucrats last month reportedly reopened on Saturday, raising money for a family in need. …” Read the entire article: https://nypost.com/2018/08/19/boys-lemonade-stand-reopens-after-health-department-shutdown/ The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
When making the NBA isn’t a cure-all: Mental health and black athletes
By ESPN “… THEY LEARNED FROM an early age to keep their heads bowed and their voices low. Around the Erie Avenue row house where Marcus and Markieff Morris grew up in North Philadelphia, eye contact with the wrong person could be misconstrued as a sign of disrespect or, worse, a challenge. …” Read the entire article: http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/24393541/jackie-macmullan-complex-issue-mental-health-nba-african-american-community READ MORE
Online forum may provide specialized suicide prevention support for males
By Eurek Alert on 08/13/2018 “… New research illuminates how some men and boys who are contemplating suicide are finding emotional support in an unexpected place: Reddit. Sometimes referred to as the “front page of the Internet,” Reddit is a social news aggregation and discussion website that’s especially popular among young adult males. …” Read the READ MORE
FORMER STUDENT AWARDED $2.1 MILLION FOR SEXUAL ABUSE BY SAN DIEGO HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER
By Oxygen on 08/10/2018 “… A jury in San Diego awarded the victim of sexual abuse by a teacher $2.1 million in damages on Wednesday. The victim, now 19, is a former student at Crawford High School. His former teacher, Toni Sutton, 40, was sentenced to two years in prison for the crime in July 2016, READ MORE
Bronx teacher to get jail-free sentence for sexually assaulting 14-year-old student
By NY Daily News on 08/02/2018 “… A Bronx high school teacher charged with performing oral sex on a 14-year-old student will get a jail-free sentence after pleading guilty to criminal sex act. Dori Myers, 30, who taught at the New School for Leadership and the Arts in Kingsbridge, will also get to keep her teaching READ MORE
Boys should get HPV jab to protect against cancer, health advisers say
By The Guardian on 07/18/2018 “… The JCVI said: “If considering a cost-effectiveness analysis where a combined girls’ and boys’ programme is compared to no vaccination, gender-neutral HPV vaccination is highly likely to be cost-effective.” …” Read the entire article: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/jul/18/boys-should-get-hpv-jab-to-protect-against-cancer-health-advisers-say The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
Address disparities in education to enhance social harmony
By Daily Nation on 07/05/2018 “… But the more significant comparative statistics weren’t obvious from the official handout. As deans of schools and faculties presented candidates for conferment of degrees, it became apparent that there were more female than male candidates at the upper end of the academic ladder. The gap between female and male achievers READ MORE
Boys more ‘cliquey’ than girls
By BBC on 07/26/2018 “… Whether it’s due to popular teen films such as Mean Girls or gender stereotypes most people imagine girls form more cliques than boys. Yet a new study contradicts this, suggesting that boys are more likely to form tight-knit friendship groups. …” Read the entire article: https://www.bbc.com/news/health-44954170 The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
Universities love double standards. This professor works to combat them.
By The College Fix on 08/03/2018 “… Mark Perry works to champion equality on college campuses – just not the kind embraced by most student activists. For the past few years, he’s been calling out programs that discriminate against men, sometimes leading to them being opened for all genders. …” Read the entire article: https://www.thecollegefix.com/post/47541/ The Boys READ MORE