Let Our Boys Grow Into Emotionally Intelligent Men

By Mat Knights – The Good Men Project 04/10/2020 “…  Our little boys deserve to be allowed to feel love and to learn how to express it. Our little boys need shame removed from their core and not to be made feel like their emotions are bad or wrong. Without a healthy expression of emotion, READ MORE

55% of child coronavirus cases are BOYS, reveals CDC report – with up to one in five children who catch the illness needing hospital care

By Vanessa Chalmers – Daily Mail 04/06/2020 “… Fifty-five per cent of the 2,500 coronavirus cases in under-18s were boys, a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found. Forty-two per cent were girls, while the gender was unknown for another three per cent. …” Read the entire article: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8193675/One-five-U-S-children-coronavirus-need-hospital-care-CDC.html

After judge’s ruling, state school for boys must now take mental health care seriously

By Nathan Kirstein and Harry Frischer – Des Moines Register 04/06/2020 “… Children who enter the school are caught in a vicious cycle of violence perpetuated by the institutional shortcomings of a school that places very little emphasis on treating mental health disorders. …” Read the entire article: https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/columnists/iowa-view/2020/04/06/iowa-state-training-school-boys-must-heed-judges-admonitions-the-wrap/2952490001/  

Parenting in the time of Coronavirus: Children have questions but how do you explain the pandemic

By First Post 04/06/2020 “… Parents across the country, and the world, are grappling with an unprecedented challenge of dealing with their children who are too old to be shushed or placated and too young to understand the inexplicable situation the world has found itself in. …” Read the entire article: https://www.firstpost.com/india/parenting-in-the-time-of-coronavirus-children-have-questions-but-how-do-you-explain-the-pandemic-8231311.html

Teen Suicide Spiking Due in Part to Unrealistic Expectations, Hotline Expert Says

By Allison Stevens – Youth Today 03/18/2020 “… The suicide rate among young people between the ages of 10 and 14 declined in the early part of the century, and was stable during that period among older teens, according to the CDC. But it has since spiked, nearly tripling among 10- to 14-year-olds between 2007 READ MORE

Parenting When the World’s On Fire: 5 Ways to Help Kids Through Stressful Times

By Valerie Larson-Howard, LCSW – TulsaKids 03/22/2020 “… Unfortunately, parents have the added pressure of navigating this fire while knowing their kids are looking to them for reassurance. Luckily, the playbook for helping kids through a crisis remains the same even when nothing is normal about the current crisis. …” Read the entire article: https://www.tulsakids.com/5-ways-to-help-kids-through-stressful-times/  

COVID-19: Keeping their distance will help keep your kids healthy

By Cloe Logan – Surrey Now-Leader 03/22/2020 “… “At least our boys have each other to play with and they are really good friends.” He said all of the safety precautions, combined with activities that make kids feel hopeful, is the ideal way to approach isolation. …” Read the entire article: https://www.surreynowleader.com/news/covid-19-keeping-their-distance-will-help-keep-your-kids-healthy/