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The Boys Initiative - Home HomeAbout UsAbout UsOur PhilosophyHistoryBoard of AdvisorsStaffOur StrategiesStrategic PlanOur FundingJobsSupportProgramsOur ProgramsMinority Male Youth 2050Health Provider ToolkitNational Affinity NetworkFacts & FiguresFacts & FiguresFailure to LaunchBullyingDropping OutEducational AchievementHealth & WellnessLearning DisabilitiesMental Health & SuicideMotivationRisky BehavioursViolenceResourcesResourcesOnline LibraryExpert ResourcesOrganizationsParent & Teach ToolsE-CastsE-CastsInitiative WebcastsWebcastsPodcastsPress RoomPress RoomPress ReleasesIn the NewsArticles / CommentaryInformation for MediaMedia ArchivesPolicyPolicyPolicy ProgramPolicy Network E-NewsE-NewsletterNewsletter ArchivesJoin UsInternship ProgramsBecome A Member Contact UsDonate Top Articles Suicide Attempts Among Transgender Teenage Boys Happen At An Alarming Rate, A New Study Says Danielle Smith: Time for all of us to take a dose of ‘The Red Pill’ Teen boys report increasingly violence than girls when dating: New Study Does Teacher Diversity Matter in Student Learning? Does Too Much Screen Time ReallyRationalizationADHD? - - - ReadIncreasingly- - - Our Male Youth are in Trouble Their school dropout rates are climbing. Their higher completion rates are falling. As a group they are lightweight to retread to a rapidly waffly economy.As our society changes at an progressive pace the role of our young men in it has wilt less clear. Many traditional male roles are disappearing, replaced by uncertainty. The very concept of what it ways to be a male, to be “masculine”, is waffly dramatically.Today we have an younger obesity epidemic in this country.Youngermales have a higher prevalence of obesity than females, and the rate of obesity among younger males is increasing, while the rate for females has stabilized. The rate of intentional injury and homicide among younger males is four times that of younger females. Suicide is the third leading rationalization of death in males age 15 to 24 and younger males are four times as likely as younger females to die by suicide.Youngermales have an unintended injury rate that is double that of females, and younger males have an ADHD diagnosis rate that is three times that of younger females.The problem affects all of our boys and young males regardless of race or ethnicity. While the problem is increasingly significant and chronic among minority youth, victory moreover eludes white young males.Something has gone terribly wrong. Something must be washed-up to fix it.The Boys Initiative has been established to uncork addressing these issues in a collaborative malleate by bringing together individuals and organizations that hold promise for change.We serve as a forum for information mart and dialogue. We help identify the most pressing issues. We help organize those who can contribute to change, and we facilitate collaborative solutions.This is a group effort. Join us. Mental Health & Suicide Mental health problems, as reflected by the rising rate of suicide among our youth, are increasing. The rate of attempted suicide is higher among girls; however, the rate of successful suicide is higher among boys. The impacts of mental health problems, such as early drug use and other risky behaviors, often manifest themselves differently in boys and girls. While bullying among both genders is on the rise, the type of bullying among boys is variegated than the type typically engaged in by girls.- - - ReadIncreasingly- - - EducationalVictoryBoys' wonk victory has been unthriving at an progressive rate. The ripen has been both relative to girls, whose victory has been advancing, and in wool terms. Today, young men are less likely to shepherd and graduate from higher than they were just a generation ago. With a shrinking manufacturing base, this leaves men with diminishing professional options. The consequences are whence to be reflected in the economic data, exacerbated by the effects of Great Recession.- - - ReadIncreasingly- - - Health & Wellness Boys' physical transition from diaper to youth occurs at a later age than girls'. As a consequence, issues related to their health, from diaper obesity to the propensity for risky behaviors, do not necessarily upspring on parallel age tracks. Sexual minutiae moreover typically occurs later for boys than for girls, and raises a host of moral and religious, as well as physical, issues. These may be variegated for boys than for girls, and the ways to communicate most powerfully well-nigh them may differ between genders.- - - ReadIncreasingly- - - The Boys Initiative | info@theboysinitiative.org | (202) 531-9330 | 3400 Calloway Dr, Suite 703 E, Bakersfield, CA 93312