By Alan Mozes – UPI 07/03/2019 “… And while boys also packed on more lean body mass than girls during their first year at college, in the end they were more likely to end up becoming overweight than girls, the researchers found. …” Read the entire article: https://www.upi.com/Health_News/2019/07/03/Freshman-15-affects-male-university-students-more-than-females-study-shows/6421562179102/ The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
Category: Social Issues
Buffalo Law Student Dies From Suicide, Family Establishes Mental Health Fund
By Christine Simmons – The American Lawyer 07/03/2019 “… His mother said Matthew had been struggling with mental health issues for about five years, since he suffered a concussion from playing college football. …” Read the entire article: https://www.law.com/americanlawyer/2019/07/03/buffalo-law-student-dies-from-suicide-family-establishes-mental-health-fund The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
Absence of Fathers, Radical Feminism, and Identity Politics Are Hurting Our Boys: Dr. Warren Farrell
By Jan Jekielek – The Epoch Times 07/06/2019 “…They discuss how growing up without a father in the home affects boys, and how it’s connected with a lack of purpose, mental illness, and a propensity for violence. …” Read the entire article: https://www.theepochtimes.com/absence-of-fathers-radical-feminism-and-identity-politics-are-hurting-our-boys-dr-warren-farrell_2992422.html The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
Boys are growing up fast but lack the skills to cope with modern challenges
By Shannon Molloy – news.com.au 06/14/2019 “… Young boys are ill-equipped and inadequately supported to deal with the range of challenges they face, from drug and alcohol usage to mental health issues, she said. …” Read the entire article: https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/mind/boys-are-growing-up-fast-but-lack-the-skills-to-cope-with-modern-challenges/news-story/f8081eeb4bf7dd8dc6f8bc9657abe032 The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
Boys’ next sense of purpose: ‘Father warriors’
By Warren Farrell – Washington Examiner 06/14/2019 “… The bad news is that this has left many boys with a “purpose void.” As boys with a purpose void have become less-motivated men, more women are interested in having children without having “just one more child I have to support.” Additionally, more children of divorce are READ MORE
J. Pepper Bryars: Dad-deprived homes reach crisis levels in Alabama
By Alabama Today 06/20/2019 “… While single mothers are making heroic efforts in Alabama, Ferrell said that young men growing up without a father in the house face enormous odds. Boys in this situation, he said, stand a greater chance than their female counterparts of doing poorly in school, being overweight, being both the bully READ MORE
Many Young Men Putting Health at Risk to Bulk Up
By Serena Gordon – U.S. News 06/25/2019 “… Nearly 7% of young men told researchers they had used a supplement to gain weight or build muscle, and 3% had used steroids to build mass. Fewer than 1% of young women said they had done either. …” Read the entire article: https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2019-06-25/many-young-men-putting-health-at-risk-to-bulk-up The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
Judges: Boys unfairly punished for consensual sex
By Kamau Muthoni – Standard Digital 06/18/2019 “… “The girl is branded a victim and guided to turn against her youthful paramour while the boy, Juliet’s Romeo, is branded the villain, hauled before the courts and visited with a lengthy jail term. A supposed justice resting on the shaky foundation of injustice against young boys READ MORE
‘They’re just as needed as mothers’: Warren Farrell thinks Father’s Day gets overshadowed
By Alexis Clark – Nashville Tennessean 06/17/2019 “… Author Warren Farrell spoke in Nashville earlier this month to an audience of 500 about spending more time with family and more specifically, building a father-and-son relationship. …” Read the entire article: https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2019/06/17/warren-farrell-fatherhood-summit-nashville/1351197001/ The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
Study Finds Nearly 30% Spike In Male Teen Suicide Following Netflix Release of ’13 Reasons Why’.
By Catholic News Agency 06/07/2019 “… A new study suggests these fears were not unfounded. According to a study published in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, United States youth ages 10-17 had a 28.9% increase in suicide rates in young males in the month (April 2017) following the debut READ MORE