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
Category: Social Issues
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. Studies show boys are seeking help only one in four times compared with girls…” Read the entire article: READ MORE
Why Married Fathers Matter
By Institute for Family Studies, 06/14/2024 “…In fact, a new study finds that boys who don’t reside with their married fathers are, amazingly, more likely to go to prison than graduate from college, whereas boys from intact, married families are markedly more likely to graduate from college than spend time in jail…” Read the entire READ MORE
Opinion: Boys and men get everything, except the thing that’s most worth having
By The Salt Lake Tribune, 06/09/2024 “…Almost without exception, the boys I talked to craved closer, more emotionally open relationships, but had neither the skills nor the social permission to change the story. Perhaps it’s not surprising that boys don’t know how to listen and engage with their friends’ emotions on any deeper level; after READ MORE
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
HPV vaccines prevent cancer in men as well as women, but fewer boys are getting the shots, new research suggests
By Fortune, 05/23/2024 “… Evidence that the shots are preventing HPV-related cancers in men has been slower to emerge, but the new research suggests vaccinated men have fewer cancers of the mouth and throat compared to those who didn’t get the shots. These cancers are more than twice as common in men than in women…” READ MORE
Nick Fletcher: ‘Boys are underperforming at school — silence on this grave inequality must end’
By Politics, 03/05/2024 “…Our boys are still not doing as well at school as they should be. They are underperforming. As well as with their own results, they are also behind girls at every single stage of education. The gender attainment gap is an expression of their underperformance because there is no biological or other READ MORE
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
Study finds boys’ mental health more impacted by COVID-19 pandemic than girls’
By Medical Xpress, 03/25/2024 “…The COVID-19 pandemic had a greater impact on boys’ mental health than girls, contrary to the findings of other studies, according to new research led by scientists at University of Liverpool, Manchester Metropolitan University, University of Reading, and King’s College London…” Read the entire article: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-03-boys-mental-health-impacted-covid.html#google_vignette
Study finds boys’ mental health more impacted by COVID-19 pandemic than girls’
By Medical Xpress, 03/25/2024 “…The COVID-19 pandemic had a greater impact on boys’ mental health than girls, contrary to the findings of other studies, according to new research led by scientists at University of Liverpool, Manchester Metropolitan University, University of Reading, and King’s College London…” Read the entire article: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-03-boys-mental-health-impacted-covid.html#google_vignette