By Fatherly on 02/12/2018 “… Delaney, who brilliantly plays a harried father on the brutally honest British comedy Catastrophe and is one, had spoken openly about his son Henry’s diagnosis since he found out about the boy’s brain tumor back in 2016. He had reason to celebrate in 2017, when the tumor was removed. But the cancer subsequently returned. …” Read READ MORE
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The desperate cry of America’s boys
By FOX News on 02/18/2017 “… In response to this week’s school shooting in Parkland, Florida, a man named Michael Ian Black, whom I’ve never heard of but who’s apparently an actor and comedian, invited a “conversation” on Twitter that began with the following statement: “Deeper even than the gun problem is this: boys are broken.” …” Read READ MORE
When Will We Have the Guts to Link Fatherlessness to School Shootings?
By PJ Media on 02/17/2018 “… Issue number one that no one in the mainstream media or government wants to acknowledge: fatherlessness. Specifically, the impact of fatherlessness on the boys who grew up to become school shooters. …” Read the entire article: https://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/will-guts-link-fatherlessness-school-shootings/ The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
Concern over teen boys increasing use of unregulated protein supplements
By 3 AW on 01/31/2017 “… An estimated 60 per cent of adolescent boys are dissatisfied with their bodies, and they are increasingly turning to the use of unregulated supplements and steroids. A new high school education program, Three Dimensions Project, is targeting adolescent boys in a bid to decrease supplement use. …” Read the entire article: https://www.3aw.com.au/concern-over-teen-boys-increasing-use-of-unregulated-protein-supplements/ READ MORE
Why primary school boys are needing mental health intervention
By Riot Act on 01/24/2018 “… It was a cry for help from a parent that made Menslink realise that a growing number of primary school boys were in need of mental health support. Now 10 to 12-year-old boys make up 12 per cent of the male support group’s client case, which CEO Martin Fisk said was not READ MORE
Plastic chemical linked to male infertility in majority of teenagers, study suggests
By Telegraph on 02/04/2018 “… The chemical known as Bisphenol A can be found in in plastic containers and water bottles, till receipts, on the inside of cans and bottle tops and in plastic packaging and tubing, and has similarities to female sex hormone oestrogen. …” Read the entire article: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/02/04/plastic-chemical-linked-male-infertility-majority-teenagers/ The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
Is your child at risk of brain injury from playing football or rugby?
By The Guardian on 02/05/2018 “… Since the case of Jeff Astle, the former West Bromwich Albion footballer who died of a degenerative brain disease in 2002, the potential risks of heading have come under intensive scrutiny. The coroner cited “industrial disease” as the cause of Astle’s death. At about the same time, Bennet Omalu, the forensic READ MORE
Doctoral students start book club to inspire boys of color to love reading
By The GW Hatchet on 01/29/2018 “… Principal Mary Ann Stinson and Assistant Principal Michael Redmond started a book club for minority boys that initiated a wave of book clubs to start across the Truesdell Education Campus earlier this year. The clubs have flooded the public school in Petworth with a renewed love of reading. The school READ MORE
Boy in girls-only dance event triggers federal probe
By WND on 01/29/2018 “… Federal investigators have launched an investigation into a complaint that a Wisconsin school student is barred by Minnesota state rules from competing in events there. Solely because he is a boy. Read the entire article: http://www.wnd.com/2018/01/boy-in-girls-only-dance-event-triggers-federal-probe/#zpHU1BIJvFshMqff.99 The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
Victoria University develops program to dissuade doping among teenage boys
By Herald Sun on 01/30/2018 “… TEENAGE boys dissatisfied with their bodies are the targets of a new secondary school education program being developed, aiming to stop them turning to steroids and unregulated supplements. …” Read the entire article: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/victoria-university-develops-program-to-dissuade-doping-among-teenage-boys/news-story/afa04f79b04b3e8e8a7c643ad2438de3 The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org