By Daily Star on 12/28/2017 “… Researchers at the University of California’s School of Education say girls are instructed to try make-up, cooking, cleaning and washing up while boys can play at being doctors, astronauts and firefighters. …” Read the entire article: https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/670049/lego-parents-laugh-nonsense-gender-stereotypes-sexism
Category: Socialization of Boys
Request for Abstracts for Presentations: Annual Summit Fatherhood and Health and Wellness of Boys and Men
By Men’s Health Network “… This year marks the fourth year of the Summit. The NHSA represents the 100 plus Healthy Start programs across the country with a goal of reducing the disparity in infant mortality. Although our Healthy Start programs are over 26 years old, many of them realized in the early years that a READ MORE
A Father’s Impact on Teen Boys
By Livestrong.com on 01/28/2015 “…The unfavorably increasing number of children living without fathers can be associated to different factors such as fathers walking away due to financial struggles and increased number of teenage mothers. However, being a good father means being a provider, nurturer and friend to your children. …” Read the entire article: http://www.livestrong.com/article/1005752-fathers-impact-teen-boys/
The Importance of a Father in a Teenage Boy’s Life After Divorce
By Our Everyday Life “… According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the American divorce rate has been decreasing over the past decade. However, there are still millions of children living in divorced homes. Divorce can be especially hard on teenage boys who need a father’s influence in order to develop socially and psychologically. …” Read the READ MORE
Why Teenage Boys Do Stupid Things
By ABC News on 06/12/2014 “…”Boys believe there’s a test to pass for manhood and this is different than a test for womanhood and femininity,” he (Dr. Amir Levine, an adult, child and adolescent psychiatrist and neuroscientist at the division of child and adolescent psychiatry at Columbia University) told CBS News. “You want to be READ MORE
10 Tips On Helping Teen Boys Express Their Feelings
By Huffington Post on 02/28/2017 “…Plenty of parents nowadays work to emphasize that boys and girls should be able to express their feelings in healthy ways whether those feelings are happy, sad, proud or angry. But it’s also important to make it clear that older boys can express those same feelings — even in ways READ MORE
Congress Should Reject Obama Budget Increase for Education Department Office for Civil Rights
By Competitive Enterprise Institute 02/04/2015 “…Moreover, OCR has micromanaged college investigations in sexual harassment and assault cases in ways that make them more costly, unfair, and likely to cause the expulsion of innocent people. It also has undermined efforts to criminally prosecute rapists and prevent future rapes by failing to ensure that such crimes are properly READ MORE
Columbia Student: I Didn’t Rape Her
By The Daily Beast on 02/03/2015 “…Paul Nunhesser was cleared of a rape charge but faced a harsh trial-by-media. Now, as new details come to light, he’s speaking out and fighting back. …” Read the entire article: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/02/03/columbia-student-i-didn-t-rape-her.html
Vanderbilt Campus Investigation Cleared Football Players of Rape Charges A Year Before They Were Convicted By Court
By Daily Mail 02/01/2015“…A year before two Vanderbilt football players were convicted in a 2013 gang rape, campus officials concluded there was a lack of evidence that ‘nonconsensual sexual intercourse’ had occurred. …” Read the entire article: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2935302/Vanderbilt-campus-investigation-cleared-football-players-rape-charges-year-convicted-court.html
Call to action: Kermit Elementary suspends boy for having an imagination. Here’s what to do.
By A Voice for Male Students 02/02/2015 “…Call to action: give Kermit Elementary School a negative one-star rating at Great Schools.com. Kermit Elementary has a “bully report form.” Use that form to report principal Roxanne Greer as the bully of Aiden Steward…” Read the entire article: http://www.avoiceformalestudents.com/kermit-elementary-suspends-nine-year-boy-ring-roxanne-greer-aiden-steward/