By FOX News on 02/18/2017 “… In response to this week’s school shooting in Parkland, Florida, a man named Michael Ian Black, whom I’ve never heard of but who’s apparently an actor and comedian, invited a “conversation” on Twitter that began with the following statement: “Deeper even than the gun problem is this: boys are broken.” …” Read READ MORE
Category: The Boy Crisis
When Will We Have the Guts to Link Fatherlessness to School Shootings?
By PJ Media on 02/17/2018 “… Issue number one that no one in the mainstream media or government wants to acknowledge: fatherlessness. Specifically, the impact of fatherlessness on the boys who grew up to become school shooters. …” Read the entire article: https://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/will-guts-link-fatherlessness-school-shootings/ The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
Doctoral students start book club to inspire boys of color to love reading
By The GW Hatchet on 01/29/2018 “… Principal Mary Ann Stinson and Assistant Principal Michael Redmond started a book club for minority boys that initiated a wave of book clubs to start across the Truesdell Education Campus earlier this year. The clubs have flooded the public school in Petworth with a renewed love of reading. The school READ MORE
Victoria University develops program to dissuade doping among teenage boys
By Herald Sun on 01/30/2018 “… TEENAGE boys dissatisfied with their bodies are the targets of a new secondary school education program being developed, aiming to stop them turning to steroids and unregulated supplements. …” Read the entire article: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/victoria-university-develops-program-to-dissuade-doping-among-teenage-boys/news-story/afa04f79b04b3e8e8a7c643ad2438de3 The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org
These kids started a book club for minority boys. It’s the most popular club in school.
By The Washington Post on 01/21/2018 “… “The books that we read here, we can relate to,” 11-year-old Devon Wesley said. The book club has finally allowed Devon to encounter black characters who look like him. The club dates back to December, when a fifth-grader complained one morning that his lackluster results on a citywide English exam READ MORE
Toxic masculinity in boys is fueling an epidemic of loneliness
By NBC News “… Emotional isolation has calamitous health implications, and it’s becoming more prevalent in America. Why? One developmental psychologist says America’s toxic masculine culture kills young boys’ friendships right as boys are expected to “grow up” into men, and those loss of friendships may echo throughout men’s lives. …” Read the entire article: https://www.nbcnews.com/think/video/toxic-masculinity-in-boys-is-fueling-an-epidemic-of-loneliness-1140033091929 The READ MORE
Bullied boy now ‘walking on air’
By NZ Hearld on 01/11/2018 “… The principal of the new school, which the family asked not to be named to avoid any repercussions for their son, said the ministry rang her twice today to discuss a directive to enrol the boy even though he lives outside the school zone. …” Read the entire article: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11973456 The READ MORE
High School Coaches, Players Know Little About Concussion
By Medline Plus on 12/27/2017 “… Overall, only about a third of high school athletes, their coaches and parents know that a concussion is a brain injury, according to a new study by Mayo Clinic researchers. The athletes themselves were the most likely to know that fact, the researchers found. …” Read the entire article: https://medlineplus.gov/news/fullstory_170639.html The READ MORE
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
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