By Fox 6 Milwaukee, 10/03/24 “…Three hours after Tyree’s dad dropped him off at Metcalfe School near 34th and North, a woman found the 6-year-old outside and brought him home. He lives about a mile from the school. “He felt like he was being bullied, he didn’t have any friends, so he said he just READ MORE
Category: Parenting Boys
Subtle symptom on boy’s face revealed he was suffering from silent health emergency
By Daily Mail, 08/26/24 “…A Texas mother is urging parents to look out for a common breathing habit that could have life-long consequences for their children.Soshanna Deyette, from Austin, went through years of misdiagnoses by doctors who struggled to work out what was behind her son’s seemingly unrelated symptoms. …” Read the entire article: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13761783/symptom-boys-face-health-emergency-autism.html
The Precarious Online Lives of Young Men
By Time, 08/14/2024 “…We recently shared these statistics with a group of high school boys of various ethnicities and income groups from the Washington, DC area. In response, the boys shared fears, doubts, frustrations about adults who judge and don’t understand, confusion about what it is to be a man, and concerns for despondent peers…” READ MORE
Why “Boy” Culture Is Hurting Boys and Everyone Else
By Greater Good Magazine, July 8, 2024 “…We just assume the “boy” culture notion of boys is true, and we have all sorts of books that say it’s biological. I want to say to people saying gender differences are biological, “Have you ever listened to kids? Because if you ever listened to kids, you would READ MORE
Study shows why boys need positive, diverse role models
By The Educator, 06/26/2024 “…A growing body of research shows that young men are finding it increasingly tough to find their place in the world and build confidence to navigate the pressures and expectations of modern society…” Read the entire article: https://www.theeducatoronline.com/k12/news/study-shows-why-boys-need-positive-diverse-role-models/285005
Boys need the HPV cancer vaccine as much as girls
By Las Vegas Sun, 06/17/2024 “…And while overall cancer deaths in the U.S. have been on a steady decline, the mortality rate for HPV-associated oral cancers has continued to rise by 2% per year. That’s a sobering message for parents of boys. In 2022, just 35% of boys between the ages of 9 and 17 READ MORE
Mental health experts fear depression in boys going untreated, undetected
By NBCDFW, 06/27/2024 “…A study shows “boys are disappearing” from mental health care. Experts explain that boys aren’t always as expressive with their struggles. They say it is not a stereotype, but part of the way many boys and young men process things like anxiety, grief and loneliness…” Read the entire article: https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/mental-health-experts-fear-depression-in-boys-going-untreated-undetected/3578059/
Boys Are Struggling. Male Kindergarten Teachers Are Here to Help.
By The UpShot, 06/22/2024 “…Boys are falling behind in school. They are less likely than girls to be ready for kindergarten. They read at lower levels. They graduate from high school at lower rates. This gender gap in education has significantly widened just in the last generation…” Read the entire article:https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/06/23/upshot/male-kindergarten-teachers.html?unlocked_article_code=1.2E0.2qml.yWQLySkNse-S&smid=url-share
ADHD diagnoses are rising. 1 in 9 U.S. kids have gotten one, new study finds
By NPR, 05/23/2024 “…About 1 in 9 children in the U.S., between the ages of 3 and 17, have been diagnosed with ADHD. That’s according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that calls attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder an “expanding public health concern.”…” Read the entire article: https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2024/05/23/1252941968/adhd-diagnoses-are-rising-1-in-9-u-s-kids-have-gotten-one-new-study-finds
What do boys want to be when they grow up?
By Science Norway, 03/19/2024 “…You might know a little boy who wants to become a professional footballer or a policeman when he grows up? But what about when they get a bit older? We have asked a researcher about what boys and girls want to be when they grow up and why they want to READ MORE