By Eleanor Busby – Independent 01/26/2020 “… The report says that the government must urgently address the “persisting gender gap” within modern foreign languages and set out how it plans to tackle the underrepresentation of boys. …” Read the entire article: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/girls-boys-gender-gap-gcses-languages-british-council-education-policy-institute-a9300761.html
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Moms Show Gender Bias Against Emotional Expression in Boys. But Why?
By Jan Monnier – Fatherly 01/10/2020 “… And then the part where daughter’s expressing anger was more acceptable than sons expression anger, well, we had hypothesized that parents would expect boys to show more anger than girls and we found the opposite for that. …” Read the entire article: https://www.fatherly.com/health-science/moms-gender-bias-boys-emotions/
Body Issues Affect Our Boys, Too
By Momtastic 01/21/2020 “… The thing is, body issues don’t only pertain to our girls. Our boys struggle too. Sometimes their insecurities are harder to recognize. They might choose bigger clothing or layers to hide their thinness, or extra weight. …” Read the entire article: https://www.momtastic.com/health/773733-body-issues-affect-our-boys-too/
Health Disparities: Why Do Girls Live Longer Than Boys?
By Armin Brott – The Good Men Project 01/21/2020 “… Bottom line, when it comes to overall health and lifespan, there’s a significant disparity between boys and girls—with boys having a distinct disadvantage. Clearly, the mechanisms underlying these disparities warrant investigation. …” Read the entire article: https://goodmenproject.com/health/health-disparities-why-do-girls-live-longer-than-boys-bbab/
Don’t Mistake Your Child’s ADHD Symptoms for Bad Behavior
By James Greenblatt – ADDitude 01/17/2020 “… Boys with ADHD achieved “high performance” only when they got a large reward or feedback. During the memory exercise, the researchers tracked the boys’ moment-to-moment brain activity using a real-time brain scan called a functional MRI. …” Read the entire article: https://www.additudemag.com/bad-behavior-adhd-symptoms/
When Boys and Men Are Raped: Clinical Insights
By Joan Cook – Psychiatric Times 01/20/2020 “… Society needs to dispel such myths for the healing of male victims to come forward to accurately label their experiences as abuse and assault and for them to be able to recognize the pernicious effects of those experiences on their mental and physical health. …” Read the READ MORE
Boys affected by cyber bullying may engage in risky sexual behaviour: Study
By The Week 01/08/2020 “… Adolescent boys who are victims of cyber bullying are more likely to exhibit adverse psychological problems, including depression and risky behaviours such as substance use, and unprotected intercourse with multiple partners. …” Read the entire article: https://www.theweek.in/news/health/2020/01/08/Boys-affected-by-cyber-bullying-may-engage-in-risky-sexual-behaviour-Study.html
1 in 4 Children With Autism Is Undiagnosed: Study
By Robert Preidt – U.S. News 01/14/2020 “… Of the nearly 4,500 children identified as having autism, 25% had not yet been diagnosed. Most of the undiagnosed children were black or Hispanic boys who had difficulties in mental abilities, social skills and activities of daily living, but were not considered disabled, the researchers said. …” READ MORE
Why Teenage Boys Should Continue to Play Sports
By Sumeet Manhas – The Good Men Project 01/03/2020 “… However, with the epidemic of childhood obesity continuing to rise, along with health concerns such as anxiety and depression in teens, plus the fact that children spend so much time on tech devices each week, it’s more important than ever for kids to be active. READ MORE
The challenge of educating the left-behind boys
By Miranda Green – Financial Times 01/03/2020 “… The problem starts much earlier for boys as a group — at all stages of schooling, boys lag behind girls, and over the last three decades the centuries-long domination of undergraduate education by young men has been reversed. …” Read the entire article: https://www.ft.com/content/97d07f60-2bd2-11ea-bc77-65e4aa615551