10 Things Each of Us Should Know About Adolescent Boys
10 Things Each of Us Should Know About Adolescent Boys
- Adolescent boys are four times more likely to be diagnosed as emotionally disturbed than adolescent girls.
- Studies show that boys' self-esteem drops as intensely in adolescence as girls' does, but the drop is less likely to be noticed in schools and at home.
- Adolescent males are four times as likely to commit suicide as adolescent females.
- Adolescent males are routinely found to channel other primary feelings—hurt, pain, grief—into anger.
- Adolescent boys are 15 times as likely as adolescent females to be victims of violent crime. Adolescent boys now commit violent crime at a higher rate than adult offenders.
- Adolescent boys are twice as likely to be diagnosed with a learning disability than adolescent girls.
- Adolescent boys receive consistently lower grades than adolescent girls. While female students have nearly caught up in math/science scores, adolescent boys are on average 1 and 1/2 years behind female peers in reading/writing.
- Four adolescent males drop out of school for every one adolescent female.
- Adolescent boys are in fewer clubs, student government, and school newspapers than adolescent girls; they make up a minority of valedictorians, salutatorians, and college scholarship winners.
- Millions of adolescent boys experience post-traumatic stress due to family, cultural, and socio-economic situations. A post-traumatic boy is ten times more likely than his female peer to act out in a way that is dangerous to another person.
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Hello, my name is Sydney and I am doing a resaearch paper on the thoughts of Middle School boys. Obviously, boys are a questionable topic for girls my age and I need other, good, reliable sources besides websites. There are plenty of books on the topic but they are based on a parents point of view and I don't have the time to read them unfortuanatly. What I am asking is if anyone could give me some educational insight on the thoughts of a Middle School boy and your opinion of the topic!
Thanks!
November 18 at 02:23pm
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