By Livestrong.com on 01/28/2015 “…The unfavorably increasing number of children living without fathers can be associated to different factors such as fathers walking away due to financial struggles and increased number of teenage mothers. However, being a good father means being a provider, nurturer and friend to your children. …” Read the entire article: http://www.livestrong.com/article/1005752-fathers-impact-teen-boys/ The READ MORE
Category: Parenting Boys
The Importance of a Father in a Teenage Boy’s Life After Divorce
By Our Everyday Life “… According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the American divorce rate has been decreasing over the past decade. However, there are still millions of children living in divorced homes. Divorce can be especially hard on teenage boys who need a father’s influence in order to develop socially and psychologically. …” Read the READ MORE
Congress Should Reject Obama Budget Increase for Education Department Office for Civil Rights
By Competitive Enterprise Institute 02/04/2015 “…Moreover, OCR has micromanaged college investigations in sexual harassment and assault cases in ways that make them more costly, unfair, and likely to cause the expulsion of innocent people. It also has undermined efforts to criminally prosecute rapists and prevent future rapes by failing to ensure that such crimes are properly READ MORE
Children in Single-Parent Families Perform Worse on Achievement Tests than Their Two-Parent Peers
By National Center for Policy Analysis 01/28/2015 “…In the United States, the average achievement difference in math between children from single- and two-parent families is 26.6 points — roughly equivalent to one. …” Read the entire article: http://www.ncpa.org/sub/dpd/index.php?Article_ID=25300&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=DPD The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
Juveniles Sexually Abused by Staffers at Corrections Facilities
By The Wall Street Journal 01/01/2015“…In a federal survey of juvenile inmates, about 90% of youth who said they were victimized by staff were males reporting sexual activity with female staff. …” Read the entire article: http://www.wsj.com/articles/juveniles-sexually-abused-by-staffers-at-corrections-facilities-1420160340 The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org