By Lalita Panicker – Hindustan Times 02/02/2019 “…The government ought to have a programme specifically aimed at young boys and men. Surely, that should not be difficult if it is done at the school level. The boy should be told that it is all right to be weak at times, that it is not unmanly READ MORE
Category: The Boy Crisis
The Life of an American Boy at 17
By Jennifer Percy – Esquire 02/12/2019 “…This girl he didn’t really know told him to stop. When he did it again, she smacked him in the face. He smacked her back. She clawed at him, and he fell into a row of computers. The bell rang, and the girl ran off. “The teacher asked me READ MORE
Boys who can’t pay attention in kindergarten earn less as adults, study finds
By Kari Paul – Market Watch 02/12/2019 “…Researchers examined the behavior of nearly 1,000 boys from low-socioeconomic neighborhoods in Montreal ages 5 and 6 in April 1984 and followed up 30 years later, in December 2015. …” Read the entire article: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/boys-who-lack-attention-in-kindergarten-meet-the-same-financial-fate-as-adults-2019-02-11 The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
Boys Don’t Cry
By Katie Swaney – The Good Men Project 02/07/2019 “…I’ve always struggled with the age-old adage that boys don’t cry. Growing up, I couldn’t understand it. If it was okay for boys to be happy or angry, why was the concept of them feeling sad or crying so extreme?…” Read the entire article: https://goodmenproject.com/families/boys-dont-cry/ The Boys READ MORE
Fraternities Can Push Boys Toward a Terrible Sort of Masculinity—Or Help Them Resist It
By Alexandra Robbins – The Atlantic 02/08/2019 “…While frats often make headlines for dangerous behavior, healthy chapters provide young men with intimacy and emotional support at the time they need it most. …” Read the entire article: https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2019/02/what-healthy-fraternity-looks-like/582112/ The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
Do boys need more male teachers?
By Nick Murray – Sooke News Mirror 02/07/2019 “…Female educators set to make up 90 per cent of teaching staff in B.C. over next few years. …” Read the entire article: https://www.sookenewsmirror.com/news/do-boys-need-more-male-teachers/ The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
I’ve watched the hormones hit young men. Boys need to come of age, and we must fight hard for them
By Emily Sheffield – Evening Standard 02/08/2019 “…My social feed is full of hashtags for women but where are the campaigns for boys? We need to fight just as hard for them. …” Read the entire article: https://www.standard.co.uk/comment/comment/i-ve-watched-the-hormones-hit-young-men-boys-need-to-come-of-age-and-we-must-fight-hard-for-them-a4061516.html The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
Jordan Peterson: It’s ideology vs. science in psychology’s war on boys and men
By Jordan Peterson – National Post 02/01/2019 “…The American Psychological Association (APA) recently released its Guidelines for Psychological Practice with Boys and Men. It manages to be simultaneously predictable, reprehensible, infuriating and disheartening — no mean feat for a single document. Make no mistake about it: this document constitutes an all-out assault on masculinity — READ MORE
Let’s Stop Assuming the Worst About Boys
By Jennifer L.W. Fink – U.S. News 01/24/2019 “…In preschool and on playgrounds, boys are often assumed to be the aggressors, the ones at fault if someone is bullied or injured. In classrooms, boys – and statistics – tell us that teachers often overlook girls’ misbehavior but come down hard when the boys engage in similar behavior. …” READ MORE
Masculinity Is Not Our Enemy
By Michael Gurian – Psychology Today 01/24/2019 “…Child advocates like myself who are parents of daughters have been saying for years, “We can’t do much more for our daughters if we don’t help their future husbands–our nation’s sons–too.” …” Read the entire article: https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/the-minds-boys-and-girls/201901/masculinity-is-not-our-enemy The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org