By Technology Networks 02/19/2021 “… A study has identified that 11-year-old boys who play video games regularly are less like to have depression symptoms three years later, find a UCL-led study…Taken together, the findings demonstrate how different types of screen time can positively or negatively influence young people’s mental health, and may also impact boys READ MORE
Category: Socialization of Boys
COVID-19: How parents and kids can have honest and safe conversations about mental health
By Sudbury 02/07/2021 “… There is an important sex and gender gap in deaths by suicide: about two or three boys to one girl. However, girls are more prone to attempt suicide. Why are suicide rates higher in boys? …” Read the entire article: https://www.sudbury.com/beyond-local/covid-19-how-parents-and-kids-can-have-honest-and-safe-conversations-about-mental-health-3304893 The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
Physical education classes will cure boys of ‘feminisation’, say Chinese
By The Australian 02/01/2021 “… The “feminisation” of young men can be stopped by improving physical education in schools, China’s education ministry has claimed, prompting a fierce debate over gender stereotyping. …” Read the entire article: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/world/the-times/physical-education-classes-will-cure-boys-of-feminisation-say-chinese/news-story/1e6e6c5a56dbd1368649c8424a9a1e39 The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
Autism and the Male Brain
By Psychology Today 01/30/2021 “… Beyond the idea that boys simply have more testosterone, why should boys be more susceptible to whatever brain changes underlie the emergence of autism? A recent study [1] has addressed this issue directly, and an interesting answer has emerged. …” Read the entire article: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/brain-repair/202101/autism-and-the-male-brain The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
New Study: Youth Sports Promote Social & Emotional Learning, Especially Among Young Men Of Color
By PR Newswire 02/02/2021 “… Laureus USA today released the results of a comprehensive study showing sports-based youth development (SBYD) programs play a significant role in fostering critical social and emotional learning (SEL) skills necessary to succeed in school, careers and life. …” Read the entire article: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/new-study-youth-sports-promote-social–emotional-learning-especially-among-young-men-of-color-301220284.html The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
How Child Gender Influences Parental Behaviors
By Moms 01/23/2021 “… This is not to be taken lightly because mothers transfer their sexist attitudes to their children more strongly than fathers, according to a study from the University of the Basque Country. Researchers interviewed mothers, fathers, sons, and daughters about their views on gender roles. Sons and daughters were more likely to READ MORE
Impacts Of Divorce On Boys Vs. Girls, Differences Explained
By Moms 01/22/2021 “… Divorce can affect children in different ways depending on several factors, such as the child’s age, gender, and the circumstances of the divorce. …” Read the entire article: https://www.moms.com/impacts-divorce-boys-girls-differences-explained/ The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
The COVID Slide: Inequality And Pandemic Learning Loss
By GHB 01/21/2021 “… But as many students enter the one-year mark of learning remotely, it’s slow progress, Rodrigues said. For Latino boys, like her son, she says data show the side-effects of a lost education can mean poverty or jail time. …” Read the entire article: https://www.wgbh.org/news/education/2021/01/21/the-covid-slide-inequality-and-pandemic-learning-loss The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
The Brutality of Boyhood
By Washington Monthly 01/11/2021 “… For starters, we generally don’t hold boys’ bodies sacred in the same manner we do girls’; boys are apparently too tough to experience physical pain. We deny them access to the full range of human emotions, labeling certain feelings like sadness and fear as exclusively feminine. We don’t give boys READ MORE
Gender stereotyping is harming young people’s mental health, finds UK report
By The Guardian 12/15/2020 “… In the home, a majority of parents recognise that there is a problem, with three-quarters saying people treat boys and girls differently from an early age. They are also seven times more likely to picture their sons working in construction and almost three times as likely to see their daughters READ MORE