By Today on 08/24/2018 “… “No one was experienced enough to give him competition for that spot,” his mom Cyndi Kelley told TODAY. “He was able to hold his own, but he wasn’t very effective in his position as center with someone who was a lot bigger.” …” Read the entire article: https://www.today.com/health/high-school-football-fewer-kids-play-students-try-other-sports-t136288 The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
Category: Social Issues
Boy’s lemonade stand reopens after health department shutdown
By NY Post on 08/19/2018 “… The upstate 7-year-old who had his lemonade stand shut down by health department bureaucrats last month reportedly reopened on Saturday, raising money for a family in need. …” Read the entire article: https://nypost.com/2018/08/19/boys-lemonade-stand-reopens-after-health-department-shutdown/ The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
When making the NBA isn’t a cure-all: Mental health and black athletes
By ESPN “… THEY LEARNED FROM an early age to keep their heads bowed and their voices low. Around the Erie Avenue row house where Marcus and Markieff Morris grew up in North Philadelphia, eye contact with the wrong person could be misconstrued as a sign of disrespect or, worse, a challenge. …” Read the entire article: http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/24393541/jackie-macmullan-complex-issue-mental-health-nba-african-american-community READ MORE
Online forum may provide specialized suicide prevention support for males
By Eurek Alert on 08/13/2018 “… New research illuminates how some men and boys who are contemplating suicide are finding emotional support in an unexpected place: Reddit. Sometimes referred to as the “front page of the Internet,” Reddit is a social news aggregation and discussion website that’s especially popular among young adult males. …” Read the READ MORE
Are Boys Better Than Girls at Math?
By Scientific American on 08/14/2018 “… Although the question of whether there is a gender difference in math seems like a simple one, the answer is complicated. Overall there are only small differences in boys’ and girls’ math performance; those differences depend on the age and skill level of the student, …” Read the entire article: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/are-boys-better-than-girls-at-math/ READ MORE
FORMER STUDENT AWARDED $2.1 MILLION FOR SEXUAL ABUSE BY SAN DIEGO HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER
By Oxygen on 08/10/2018 “… A jury in San Diego awarded the victim of sexual abuse by a teacher $2.1 million in damages on Wednesday. The victim, now 19, is a former student at Crawford High School. His former teacher, Toni Sutton, 40, was sentenced to two years in prison for the crime in July 2016, READ MORE
Bronx teacher to get jail-free sentence for sexually assaulting 14-year-old student
By NY Daily News on 08/02/2018 “… A Bronx high school teacher charged with performing oral sex on a 14-year-old student will get a jail-free sentence after pleading guilty to criminal sex act. Dori Myers, 30, who taught at the New School for Leadership and the Arts in Kingsbridge, will also get to keep her teaching READ MORE
Mom sounds alarm after son’s mosquito bite causes seizures, brain swelling
By Today on 08/13/2018 “… LoriAnne Surrett says she thinks her little boy, Noah, got bit while playing outside. But the bite came from a mosquito carrying the virus that causes La Crosse encephalitis, which creates inflammation of the brain. …” Read the entire article: https://www.today.com/health/mom-sounds-alarm-after-son-s-mosquito-bite-causes-seizures-t135503 The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
Boys should get HPV jab to protect against cancer, health advisers say
By The Guardian on 07/18/2018 “… The JCVI said: “If considering a cost-effectiveness analysis where a combined girls’ and boys’ programme is compared to no vaccination, gender-neutral HPV vaccination is highly likely to be cost-effective.” …” Read the entire article: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/jul/18/boys-should-get-hpv-jab-to-protect-against-cancer-health-advisers-say The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
When a child is extremely short, should a parent consider growth hormone?
By The Washington Post on 08/12/2018 “… Erica Nicholson knew that her son, Sam, was small. Considering that she was barely 5 feet and 100 pounds and that his older sister was a “peanut,” it didn’t seem unusual. …” Read the entire article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/when-a-child-is-extremely-short-should-a-parent-consider-growth-hormone/2018/08/10/05a8080a-9985-11e8-b60b-1c897f17e185_story.html?utm_term=.c3cebc976212 The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org