By KXLY, 04/22/2023 “… Last year, the Kellen Cares Foundation hosted its first-ever Helping Boys Thrive Summit. The event returned this year, giving parents, teachers, and anyone who works with young boys a road map when it comes to talking openly about mental health, not just at this event, but in everyday life…” Read the READ MORE
Category: Socialization of Boys
We’re Failing Our Boys and Young Men
By AMAC, 04/11/2023 “…But he challenged me to peer into any special education class and the detention room after school. Sure enough. Nearly all boys, and this had been the norm for years. Fast forward to 2023. Putting high school behind us, let’s view two other institutions—colleges and prisons…” Read the entire article: https://amac.us/were-failing-our-boys-and-young-men/
We’re Failing Our Boys and Young Men
By AMAC, 04/11/2023 “…But he challenged me to peer into any special education class and the detention room after school. Sure enough. Nearly all boys, and this had been the norm for years. Fast forward to 2023. Putting high school behind us, let’s view two other institutions—colleges and prisons…” Read the entire article: https://amac.us/were-failing-our-boys-and-young-men/
How do you get kids who missed out on kindergarten during the pandemic back on track? That’s what these educators are figuring out
By CPR, 12/02/2021 “…Many of the kids in this classroom and their fellow first graders hadn’t been in a formal classroom with other students in 18 months. Instead, they’d been on screens, often alone. So, they struggled with listening, processing what the teacher was saying, and then doing the task…” Read the entire article: https://www.cpr.org/2021/12/02/kindergarten-pandemic-in-person-learning/
Sen. Hawley Rouses Idle Men From Their Basements, Porn, and Video Games: ‘You Can Be a Tremendous Force for Good’
By Mary Margaret Olohan – Daily Signal, 11/10/2021 “… The Missouri Republican criticized the liberal label “toxic masculinity” and called for a new message to be sent to the men of America: one that focuses on the good that men can accomplish if they orient their masculinity toward the good…” Read the entire article: https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/11/10/hawley-toxic-masculinity-men-idleness-pornography-video-games/
Gender Gap in Education Achievements Widens Every Year
By: María Alejandra Pulgar, 10/04/21 “…“Historically, studies show that boys were more likely to hold positions of leadership within schools as well as graduate with higher rates. However, in the last few years, there has been such a push to have more girls take ownership of their educational future as well as understand the limitless READ MORE
OPINION: Too many young men are missing from college campuses like mine
by Tania Tetlow, 09/16/21 “…Nationally, 59 percent of college students are female; many campuses, like mine, have a gender imbalance, with the student body over 60 percent women and less than 40 percent men. And the gap only expands when we consider student retention; the six-year graduation rate is six percentage points lower for men READ MORE
Closing the growing gender gap in higher education
By Paul J. Luna and Charleita M. Richardson, 11/01/21 “…Several prominent media outlets recently called attention to this issue. Out of every 10 college students, The Wall Street Journal reported, about six are women while only four are men, and should this trend persist, there will soon be two women for every one man. The READ MORE
Education trial aims to tackle underachievement of boys
By Rebecca Black, PA, 10/22/21 “…Professor Brian Murphy, director of academic business development and responsible for widening participation at the university, said boys and young men are “seriously falling behind at every level of the education system”. “At Ulster University the participation rate for young men is now at 40% of our student population. Are READ MORE
Social media is becoming increasingly toxic for boys’ body image, too
By Jason Nagata, 10/18/21 “…While Instagram’s impact on teenage girls’ body image made the news recently, few have thought about its effect on teenage boys and young men. Although there is a stereotype that eating disorders occur exclusively in females, males represent a third of people struggling with eating disorders. The masculine body ideal has READ MORE