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
Category: Social Issues
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
Trafficking’s invisible victims: Boys trapped in the sex trade
By Fox News 06/09/2019 “… If there’s a public face to human trafficking it’s usually that of a young teenage girl, but across the country a new type of victim is increasingly coming to the fore. More and more, young boys are being preyed upon and exploited in the sex trade, and advocates are beginning to take READ MORE
McGuireWoods Helps Clear Kid Snarled In Fake Money Fiasco
By RJ Vogt – Law360 06/09/2019 “… A sixth grader unknowingly used a counterfeit bill in his school cafeteria. He was set to be suspended until a McGuireWoods attorney stepped in as pro bono counsel, demonstrating the difference access to counsel can make in school disciplinary hearings. …” Read the entire article: https://www.law360.com/access-to-justice/articles/1166618/mcguirewoods-helps-clear-kid-snarled-in-fake-money-fiasco?nl_pk=e7d85f48-bba2-4a19-8711-a679b2e60ce2&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=access-to-justice The Boys READ MORE
Teen boys’ eating disorders may focus on muscles, not weight loss
By Lisa Rapaport – Reuters 06/05/2019 “… Many people may mistakenly assume teen boys are not prone to eating disorders because their symptoms are different from what’s typically seen in girls and their focus is on building muscle rather than becoming impossibly thin, doctors warn. …” Read the entire article: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-boys-eating-disorders/teen-boys-eating-disorders-may-focus-on-muscles-not-weight-loss-idUSKCN1T62B5 The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org