Numbers Say The Boys Are Not Doing So Well
Post written by: beagooddad
Go read these stats. Trust me, they are worth it. It shows for every 100 girls how many boys do the same thing.
Things like enroll in preschool through getting graduate degrees.
Things like going through various stages of special education.
Things like going to jail.
Very shocking to see the numbers even if we are aware of the trends.
We have gone through a generation or so of really pushing women’s empowerment, encouraging women to graduate, encouraging women to have strong self-esteem. And, I’m all for that and want to keep that moving in a positive direction.
I’m wondering where the guys fell off the wagon? And how are they going to get back on?
And how is a country where the men are under educated but earn more money for the same jobs going to work?
And are men that actually have an education and are able to stay out of trouble going to become the exception and that much more of a commodity in the workplace?
And if men are supposed to play such an important role in showing their sons how to be good men, how is that going to work when so many of those men are in prison?
Besides the obvious ideas of encouraging father’s to stay involved in their kids’ lives and having professional athletes show up on commercials telling kids to stay in school, what other changes are we going to need to make to make sure that men are able to stay in touch with the rest of the world?
Or are these numbers misleading?
What do you think?
June 28th, 2007 at 4:47 am
wow! Sugar and Spice and Everything nice… i tink we boyz have been short changed! :p
June 30th, 2007 at 1:01 am
These were pretty shocking statistics, Mike.
Raising boys in this world is a tough gig, especially when the men themselves are out of touch with their emotions. It’s a subject tackled in Raising Cain by Dan Kindlon and Michael Thompson. Not to be too down about it, but it’s a long a difficult road to turn this trend around. Men have to sort their own issues out before they can raise well-balanced boys themselves. It’s not easy.
The good news is that there are plenty of Dads around who are “in the know”, and want to do something about it. It’s a start.
June 30th, 2007 at 10:25 am
They bummed me out. The school ones are not so far out of balance to be too panicked over, but the prison/suicide/depression stats scare me.
July 5th, 2007 at 6:47 am
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October 9th, 2007 at 1:28 pm
Pretty sad. Too bad there’s not really anything anyone can do about it.