By Heritage, 04/05/2023 “…What is the boy crisis? Contributing factors include the absence of fathers, economic and technological churnings, and policies within our education system…” Read the entire article: https://www.heritage.org/marriage-and-family/commentary/our-lost-boys
Category: Parenting Boys
‘It’s just all beneficial’: Helping Boys Thrive Summit provides mental health resources to men
By KXLY, 04/22/2023 “… Last year, the Kellen Cares Foundation hosted its first-ever Helping Boys Thrive Summit. The event returned this year, giving parents, teachers, and anyone who works with young boys a road map when it comes to talking openly about mental health, not just at this event, but in everyday life…” Read the READ MORE
HPV Vaccines Don’t Just Prevent Cervical Cancer, But Also Penile, Anal Cancers. Men Should Get it Too.
By The Swaddle, 03/29/2023 “…With research suggesting that HIV-positive men, who are in sexual relationships with other men, are especially vulnerable to anal cancers caused by HPV, vaccinating men becomes even more critical. “Women can at least be screened for cervical cancer… But for men, there is no screening for anal cancer, or the other READ MORE
We’re Failing Our Boys and Young Men
By AMAC, 04/11/2023 “…But he challenged me to peer into any special education class and the detention room after school. Sure enough. Nearly all boys, and this had been the norm for years. Fast forward to 2023. Putting high school behind us, let’s view two other institutions—colleges and prisons…” Read the entire article: https://amac.us/were-failing-our-boys-and-young-men/
The Problem with Boys and School, And How to Fix It
By Patheos, 04/03/2023 “…Boys are falling behind girls in school at alarming rates, and this trend has been building for some time. Today, they are behind not just in reading and language arts, but also in math. The entire enterprise of traditional school—which was for so long male-dominated—has become female-led…” Read the entire article: https://www.patheos.com/blogs/faithandreason/2023/04/the-problem-with-boys-and-school-and-how-to-fix-it/
Expert weighs in on how to help boys and men as research reveals big decline in achievement levels
By Newshub, 02/07/2023 “…The results are in. Years of research show a big decline in achievement levels for boys and men, and it’s happening all across the developed world. Men are falling way behind, in test scores, in the workforce, and in family life…” Read the entire article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/lifestyle/2023/02/expert-weighs-in-on-how-to-help-boys-and-men-as-research-reveals-big-decline-in-achievement-levels.html
More adolescent boys, young adult men struggling with muscle dysmorphia
By Study Finds, 01/21/2023 “…It’s no secret that societal expectations can have an impact on young people and how they view themselves. As a result, young boys and men are engaging in risky behaviors like strenuous muscle-building exercises and steroids in order to fit into the standard of being lean and muscular…” Read the entire READ MORE
Boys are graded more harshly than girls. Why?
By Big Think, 01/04/2023 “…According to a 2018 Brookings Institution report, about 88% of American girls graduated high school on time, compared with 82% of boys. In 2020, six out of ten college students were women. Once on campus, they graduate at higher rates, receiving more associate’s, bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees in the process…” READ MORE
Separation leads to significant but temporary gender differences in parent-child time
By Science Daily, 01/17/2023 “…The international study found that after parental split up mother-child time doubles, two-parent time declines threefold, and father-child time remains low. It also found that parental break-up negatively affects children’s time use, especially among boys, with an increase in children’s time spent in unstructured activities and moderate decline in educational activities…” READ MORE
The case for a Commission on Boys and Men: Will Washington state lead the way?
By Brookings, 01/13/2023 “…Many boys and men are struggling. There is a strong case for government institutions that focus on the issues that are disproportionately impacting boys and men, and which can be usefully considered through a gender-specific lens…” Read the entire article: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2023/01/13/the-case-for-a-commission-on-boys-and-men-will-washington-state-lead-the-way/