COVID-19: How parents and kids can have honest and safe conversations about mental health

By Sudbury 02/07/2021 “… There is an important sex and gender gap in deaths by suicide: about two or three boys to one girl. However, girls are more prone to attempt suicide. Why are suicide rates higher in boys? …” Read the entire article: https://www.sudbury.com/beyond-local/covid-19-how-parents-and-kids-can-have-honest-and-safe-conversations-about-mental-health-3304893

Physical education classes will cure boys of ‘feminisation’, say Chinese

By The Australian 02/01/2021 “… The “feminisation” of young men can be stopped by improving physical education in schools, China’s education ministry has claimed, prompting a fierce debate over gender stereotyping. …” Read the entire article: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/world/the-times/physical-education-classes-will-cure-boys-of-feminisation-say-chinese/news-story/1e6e6c5a56dbd1368649c8424a9a1e39

Autism and the Male Brain

By Psychology Today 01/30/2021 “… Beyond the idea that boys simply have more testosterone, why should boys be more susceptible to whatever brain changes underlie the emergence of autism? A recent study [1] has addressed this issue directly, and an interesting answer has emerged. …” Read the entire article: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/brain-repair/202101/autism-and-the-male-brain  

New Study: Youth Sports Promote Social & Emotional Learning, Especially Among Young Men Of Color

By PR Newswire 02/02/2021 “… Laureus USA today released the results of a comprehensive study showing sports-based youth development (SBYD) programs play a significant role in fostering critical social and emotional learning (SEL)  skills necessary to succeed in school, careers and life. …” Read the entire article: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/new-study-youth-sports-promote-social–emotional-learning-especially-among-young-men-of-color-301220284.html

How Child Gender Influences Parental Behaviors

By Moms 01/23/2021 “… This is not to be taken lightly because mothers transfer their sexist attitudes to their children more strongly than fathers, according to a study from the University of the Basque Country. Researchers interviewed mothers, fathers, sons, and daughters about their views on gender roles. Sons and daughters were more likely to READ MORE

Neonatal antibiotic use associated with reduced growth in boys

By EurekAlert 01/26/2021 “… Exposure to antibiotics in the first days of life is thought to affect various physiological aspects of neonatal development. A new study, led by Bar-Ilan University’s Azrieli Faculty of Medicine, reveals that antibiotic treatment within 14 days of birth is associated with reduced weight and height in boys – but not READ MORE

Teenage boys more likely to struggle with remote learning than girls, MPs told

By Evening Express 01/26/2021 “… Remote learning is a “real concern” as boys are likely to be at a greater disadvantage as they are not used to sitting in front of a computer to study, the founder of a male mentoring service for boys has said. …” Read the entire article: https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/news/uk/teenage-boys-more-likely-to-struggle-with-remote-learning-than-girls-mps-told/

The COVID Slide: Inequality And Pandemic Learning Loss

By GHB 01/21/2021 “… But as many students enter the one-year mark of learning remotely, it’s slow progress, Rodrigues said. For Latino boys, like her son, she says data show the side-effects of a lost education can mean poverty or jail time. …” Read the entire article: https://www.wgbh.org/news/education/2021/01/21/the-covid-slide-inequality-and-pandemic-learning-loss

Single-sex male charter school moves forward on unanimous Charter School Advisory Board vote

By The Progressive Pulse 01/21/2021 “… The state board asked the school to explain how it will meet the standards to operate as a single-sex school to establish a record to show that the school had a justifiable reason for limiting student enrollment to a single sex. …” Read the entire article: https://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2021/01/21/single-sex-male-charter-school-moves-forward-on-unanimous-charter-school-advisory-board-vote/