The Boy Crisis Archives - Page 12 of 34

Maryland’s top education leaders meet up to talk Blueprint

Posted on January 2, 2023March 29, 2023 by Boys Int

By Maryland Matters, 12/16/2022 “…The state acknowledged, based on an October report from the National Assessment of Education Progress that shows a decline in test scores in mathematics and reading among fourth- and eighth-grade students, an achievement gap persists among Black, Latino and economically disadvantaged students, Greene, a retired educator of more than 40 years, READ MORE

Fireman Books for Young Boys

Posted on April 4, 2022September 21, 2022 by Jaxsyn Conway

Are you having trouble getting your son to read or finding books he would love? This series is perfect for you! Uncle Rocky, Fireman is a series of picture books. These books tell stories of Uncle Rocky’s adventures along with his two nephews, Ben and Luke. They are full of colorful and detailed illustrations. Not READ MORE

Video Games Affect Boys’ Behavior

Posted on April 4, 2022December 23, 2022 by Jaxsyn Conway

Video games are a form of entertainment that children love. It is a great escape for them and gives them a sense of freedom. They also provide great levels of challenge and different lessons can be learned. This can also help with real-life situations. The hot topic conversation of how children’s behavior is impacted by READ MORE

Boys Need Support from Women

Posted on March 28, 2022March 28, 2022 by Jaxsyn Conway

Feminism is changing. According to a 2020 poll, about 68% of women under thirty say they are feminists. They want equal rights as men. They want equality for themselves in all areas, but how could this be a good goal when men and women have different needs? 40% of women believe that feminism is dividing. READ MORE

Boys Can Successfully Read Too

Posted on March 21, 2022March 21, 2022 by Jaxsyn Conway

If you didn’t know already, girls read much more than boys and outperform them in most classes, especially language classes. Also, girls process language on both sides of their brains while boys only process language on the left side. They learn differently and should be taught according to their specific needs. The education system is READ MORE

Preschool: Helpful or Harmful?

Posted on March 14, 2022March 14, 2022 by Jaxsyn Conway

Not all children are sent to preschool, but it is a great time for them to interact with others and learn new things to be prepared for kindergarten. Being exposed to this school environment early on can have a big impact on their improvement for years to come. School days with repetitive lessons and activities READ MORE

Fathers Impact Children’s Well-Being

Posted on March 7, 2022March 7, 2022 by Jaxsyn Conway

In June 2021, there was a big Father’s Day celebration in Washington, DC that warmed many hearts. This is what we need more of. A man’s presence in children’s lives makes all the difference, especially when that man is their father and they deserve just as much love, appreciation as mothers get. Black fathers, especially, READ MORE

Boys and men failing in Mississippi, too?

Posted on February 22, 2022March 29, 2023 by The Boys Initiative

By The Meridian Star, 02/21/2022 “…Yang had numbers to back up his claim – boys are more than twice as likely as girls to be diagnosed with attention deficit disorder (ADHD), five times more likely to spend time in a juvenile facility, and less likely to finish high school…” Read the entire article: https://www.meridianstar.com/opinion/columns/boys-and-men-failing-in-mississippi-too/article_5cdb087a-736e-5162-a771-ca893f3cd38a.html

Empowering Boys with Laurie A. Couture

Posted on February 22, 2022March 29, 2023 by The Boys Initiative

By Jennifer L. W. Fink – On Boys Podcast, 02/17/2022 “… Empowering boys is one powerful way to address the boy crisis. Some people — often, people who don’t have or work with boys — wonder why boys need to be empowered. After all, they say, men still control most businesses and countries. But boys READ MORE

Universal sex differences appear in adolescents’ career aspirations, study finds

Posted on January 31, 2022March 29, 2023 by The Boys Initiative

By Phys.org, 01/26/2022 “…A new analysis by David Geary at the University of Missouri and Gijsbert Stoet at the University of Essex in the United Kingdom finds career aspirations from nearly 500,000 adolescents shows consistent sex differences across 80 nations, suggesting biologically-influenced preferences can play a role in gender segregation in the workplace later in READ MORE