By Men’s Health, 11/15/2023 “…The transition from adolescence to adulthood has always been fraught with challenges. But today’s young men are undoubtedly struggling. Rates of anxiety and depression are on the rise, with exam pressures, an unstable job market and conflicting messages around masculinity compounding the problem…” Read the entire article: https://www.menshealth.com/uk/mental-strength/a45778159/teenagers-mental-health/
Category: The Boy Crisis
We must end the 30-year silence about boys’ underperformance
By Schools Week, 11/27/2023 “…We wanted to focus on boys’ education because there has been a gender attainment gap for at least 30 years. Today, it affects boys of every age and stage from early years to SATs, and from GCSEs to university entry. Just over half of boys (56 per cent) meet the expected READ MORE
The Market for Failing Boys
By The American Conservative, 12/15/2023 “…Parents know, or at least sincerely believe, that without preventative measures their sons will suffer. Statistics vindicate their fear: Men today compose just 40 percent of enrolled college students, a historically low rate which might be even lower without the help of admissions practices that have been called “tacit affirmative READ MORE
Why So Many Young Men Are Abandoning College Degrees
By Newsweek, 12/27/2023 “…A large number of men are forgoing college, leading to an alarming gap between university-educated men and women, a new study found…” Read the entire article: https://www.newsweek.com/young-men-abandoning-college-degrees-gender-gap-1855825
Research shows ‘significant’ gender achievement gaps for boys, but there’s hope to close it
By Florida Politics, 10/03/2023 “…Boys in Florida lag behind girls in basic English language proficiency in elementary and middle school but, according to new research from the Helios Education Foundation, there is hope to close the gap…” Read the entire article: https://floridapolitics.com/archives/637620-research-shows-significant-gender-achievement-gaps-for-boys-but-theres-hope-to-close-it/
Suicide deaths reached a record high in the US in 2022, despite hopeful decreases among children and young adults
By CNN, 11/29/2023 “…Teen boys and young men had more significant improvement in suicide rates than young females did. But the vast majority of suicide deaths among teens and young adults ages 15 to 24 were still among males, the provisional data shows…” Read the entire article: https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/29/health/suicide-record-high-2022-cdc/index.html
How gender disparities are affecting men
By CBS News, 11/12/2023 “…At the University of Vermont not long ago, it was move-in day for the class of 2027. About a thousand incoming freshman were meeting their roommates, finding their dorm rooms, and getting settled on campus. At first glance one might have thought this was an all-women’s college – 62% of this READ MORE
Boys’ reading motivation continues to lag: How schools can address this problem
By Physical.org, 11/06/2023 “…Children’s reading skills have been declining for some time now. Apart from the known fact that boys’ reading skills are worse than girls’, it is also common knowledge that they are less motivated when it comes to reading…” Read the entire article: https://phys.org/news/2023-11-boys-lag-schools-problem.html
Boys graduate high school at lower rates than girls, with lifelong consequences
By News Press Now, 11/08/2023 “…They attend the same classes with access to the same programs, and even come from the same families. But girls consistently are outperforming boys, graduating at higher rates at public high schools around the country…” Read the entire article: https://www.newspressnow.com/boys-graduate-high-school-at-lower-rates-than-girls-with-lifelong-consequences/article_eabc6118-7e93-11ee-ba46-ebe4a2801afc.html
Maternal Aspartame Use May Triple Autism Risk in Boys
By Psychiatrist, 10/03/2023 “…Researchers find a threefold increase in autism risk for boys whose mothers consumed the sugar substitute aspartame daily during pregnancy or breastfeeding…” Read the entire article: https://www.psychiatrist.com/news/maternal-aspartame-use-may-triple-autism-risk-in-boys/