By FOX News on 02/18/2017 “… In response to this week’s school shooting in Parkland, Florida, a man named Michael Ian Black, whom I’ve never heard of but who’s apparently an actor and comedian, invited a “conversation” on Twitter that began with the following statement: “Deeper even than the gun problem is this: boys are broken.” …” Read READ MORE
Category: Social Issues
When Will We Have the Guts to Link Fatherlessness to School Shootings?
By PJ Media on 02/17/2018 “… Issue number one that no one in the mainstream media or government wants to acknowledge: fatherlessness. Specifically, the impact of fatherlessness on the boys who grew up to become school shooters. …” Read the entire article: https://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/will-guts-link-fatherlessness-school-shootings/ The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
Concern over teen boys increasing use of unregulated protein supplements
By 3 AW on 01/31/2017 “… An estimated 60 per cent of adolescent boys are dissatisfied with their bodies, and they are increasingly turning to the use of unregulated supplements and steroids. A new high school education program, Three Dimensions Project, is targeting adolescent boys in a bid to decrease supplement use. …” Read the entire article: https://www.3aw.com.au/concern-over-teen-boys-increasing-use-of-unregulated-protein-supplements/ READ MORE
Plastic chemical linked to male infertility in majority of teenagers, study suggests
By Telegraph on 02/04/2018 “… The chemical known as Bisphenol A can be found in in plastic containers and water bottles, till receipts, on the inside of cans and bottle tops and in plastic packaging and tubing, and has similarities to female sex hormone oestrogen. …” Read the entire article: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/02/04/plastic-chemical-linked-male-infertility-majority-teenagers/ The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
Doctoral students start book club to inspire boys of color to love reading
By The GW Hatchet on 01/29/2018 “… Principal Mary Ann Stinson and Assistant Principal Michael Redmond started a book club for minority boys that initiated a wave of book clubs to start across the Truesdell Education Campus earlier this year. The clubs have flooded the public school in Petworth with a renewed love of reading. The school READ MORE
Boy in girls-only dance event triggers federal probe
By WND on 01/29/2018 “… Federal investigators have launched an investigation into a complaint that a Wisconsin school student is barred by Minnesota state rules from competing in events there. Solely because he is a boy. Read the entire article: http://www.wnd.com/2018/01/boy-in-girls-only-dance-event-triggers-federal-probe/#zpHU1BIJvFshMqff.99 The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
Victoria University develops program to dissuade doping among teenage boys
By Herald Sun on 01/30/2018 “… TEENAGE boys dissatisfied with their bodies are the targets of a new secondary school education program being developed, aiming to stop them turning to steroids and unregulated supplements. …” Read the entire article: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/victoria-university-develops-program-to-dissuade-doping-among-teenage-boys/news-story/afa04f79b04b3e8e8a7c643ad2438de3 The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
Teen pregnancies decline
By News Press Now on 01/29/2018 “… The YWCA also offers a program for teen parents called Healthy Teen Parents/Health Babies. McChristy thinks sex education is a big part of the declining rate of teen pregnancies. “I have not seen anyone who has gone through those programs (Choices and Decisions) in my program, the Healthy Teen/Healthy READ MORE
These kids started a book club for minority boys. It’s the most popular club in school.
By The Washington Post on 01/21/2018 “… “The books that we read here, we can relate to,” 11-year-old Devon Wesley said. The book club has finally allowed Devon to encounter black characters who look like him. The club dates back to December, when a fifth-grader complained one morning that his lackluster results on a citywide English exam READ MORE
Special education students get free haircuts before Special Hearts Prom
By Caller Times on 01/23/2018 “… Each year the prom, celebrates the students in special education classes at the high school and parents, teachers and students volunteer to plan the event. Students throughout the high school are selected to escort the honorees and celebrate with them. …” Read the entire article: http://www.caller.com/story/news/education/2018/01/23/special-education-students-get-free-haircuts-before-special-hearts-prom/1054391001/ The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org