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The Roundup contains information about all of the latest news, commentary, reports, surveys, issue briefs, charts, and fact sheets related to boys' issues collected by our staff during the preceding week.
News Clips
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Obama's outreach to young men of color: too little too late?
After five years in office, America's first black president may finally be getting serious about helping young minority men. The White House announced earlier this month that President Barack Obama is set to launch a new initiative called "My Brother's Keeper," aimed at bolstering the lives of young men of color � a demographic far too often trapped in cycles of poverty, academic failure and incarceration.
MSNBC
February 19, 2014
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The toll of zero-tolerance discipline
Across the country, poor, minority and special needs boys especially face the wrath of so-called zero-tolerance school discipline policies that subject them to suspensions, expulsions and arrest at a disproportionate rate for committing similar infractions as their white counterparts.
MSNBC
Febuary 19, 2014
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The weaker sex? Male vulnerabilities challenge a stereotype
Contrary to cultural assumptions that boys are stronger and sturdier, basic biological weaknesses are built into the male of our species. These frailties leave them more vulnerable than girls to life's hazards, including environmental pollutants such as insecticides, lead and plasticizers that target their brains or hormones. Several studies suggest that boys are harmed in some ways by these chemical exposures that girls are not. It's man's fate, so to speak.
Mother Nature Network
February 18, 2014
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Test Could Predict Which Teen Boys Get Depression
A saliva test for teenage boys with mild symptoms of depression could help identify those who will later develop major depression, a new study says. Researchers measured the stress hormone cortisol in teenage boys and found that ones with high levels coupled with mild depression symptoms were up to 14 times more likely to suffer clinical depression later in life than those with low or normal cortisol levels.
ABC News
February 17, 2014
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Black males need opportunities, mentors
Talent is everywhere, but opportunity isn't. President Obama reminded us of that simple truth during his State of the Union Address, acknowledging individuals and initiatives that are finding new ways to uncover and create opportunities using vision, resolve and determination.
Baltimore Sun
February 17, 2014
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Bullying May Have Lasting Health Effects on Kids
Study of students in grades 5 through 10 found mental, physical fallout even if harassment stopped
Kids who are picked on by their peers may see lasting effects on their physical and mental well-being -- especially if the bullying is allowed to persist for years, a new study suggests. The study found that kids who are chronically bullied seem to fare the worst: Those continually picked on from fifth grade to 10th grade had the lowest scores on measures of physical and emotional health.
Medline Plus
February 17, 2014
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STD Education Must Start Long Before Kids Engage in Sex
Parenting, friends and academics all influence likelihood of contracting sexually transmitted diseases, study says
Having a stable home life as a child, nice friends and success at school reduces the odds of getting sexually transmitted diseases as a young adult, according to a new study.The University of Washington researchers said the findings show that efforts to prevent STD infections should begin years before most young people start having sex.
Medline Plus
February 17, 2014
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Boys Shouldn't Have to Be Boys
At least not in the way the NFL's report on bullying in the Miami Dolphins' locker room would seem to suggest. For all of their detailed description of the harassment Jonathan Martin endured, investigators still placed that behavior within a framework of stereotype that fosters it.
The Good Men Project
February 15, 2014
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It's Never OK to Say Gay When You Really Mean Stupid
For the next several months a group of writers focused on the issues of boys and men are collaborating through the writing and sharing of blog posts in order to bring greater awareness to the unique challenges boys and men face in the 21stCentury. Twice a month these writers will be posting the same posts on their various media formats to spread the word and to introduce their audiences to the great work of their peers.
Patheos
February 15, 2014
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Minority, teenage boys most likely to delay HIV treatment
African American and Hispanic teenage boys are more likely to seek HIV treatment only when their disease has advanced, indicates new research published in JAMA Pediatrics.The study, headed up by lead investigator Allison Agwu, M.D., an infectious disease specialist and HIV expert at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center, found that not only were minority, male teens the most likely to delay care, all teens were less likely than other age groups to seek medical aid for HIV.
Soludify
February 14, 2014
Educating young men could expand 'morning after pill' use
Young men know even less about emergency contraception than young women do, which may be limiting access to an effective means of preventing unwanted pregnancies, researchers say. "The big finding in our study is that young men had a lot less knowledge about emergency contraception than the young women that we surveyed, and even among the young women, knowledge wasn't great," Sheree Schrager, a member of the study team, told Reuters Health.
Chicago Tribune
February 14, 2014
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An assist for young men of color?
The White House plans to make good on a single, isolated promise that President Barack Obama made in his State of the Union Address back in January:
"I'm reaching out to some of America's leading foundations and corporations on a new initiative to help more young men of color facing especially tough odds stay on track and reach their full potential."
Marketplace
February 13, 2014
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Students Who Lose Recess Are the Ones Who Need It Most
Despite overwhelming evidence that periods of unstructured play and social interaction are a crucial part of children's cognitive, academic, physical and mental wellness, schools continue to take away recess privileges as a penalty for academic or behavioral transgressions.
New York Times
February 13, 2014
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What Boys Need
Leaving behind the notion that boys are simply testosterone turbo-charged stalkers of the opposite sex, we can shift the debate about what they want to what they need. And there we discover the nurture deficit that leaves many boys voiceless.
Huffington Post
February 13, 2014
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Teens' Stress Levels Rival Those of Adults, Survey Finds
Adolescents reported stress levels during the school year that surpassed those of adults, according to the American Psychological Association's latest Stress in America survey.
Medline Plus
February 11, 2014
International News
AUSTRALIA
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Boys devastated by sudden bald patches
The sudden development of bald patches can be devastating for boys, says a leading dermatologist.
They are far more likely to become desperately unhappy than girls. It can lead to a reluctance to go to school and social isolation, says Professor Rodney Sinclair, who has studied the psychological impact of alopecia areata, an auto-immune disease that causes baldness. In severe cases it has led to suicide, with four Australian boys taking their own life in 2011.
Herald Sun
February 17,2014
SCOTLAND
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Porn affects ability
PORNOGRAPHY has become "normalised" among teenage boys and may be helping to undermine attempts at sex �education in schools, a study has found.
A report by the charity Zero Tolerance says peer pressure on boys to appear sexually experienced and "blas�" about porn is affecting their ability to learn about normal relationships. The report also suggests the viewing of aggressive or �violent pornography is now commonplace.
The Scotsman
February 19, 2014
UK
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