"Ahhh.... MEN." (Bette Davis, All About Eve) And BOYS. [View all]

[Smarmie Doofus]

From a WH Study.


>>>>Component 2: The Emotional Health of our Sons
“Boys and girls handle stress differently. They need different approaches, different understanding and, quite often, different interventions.”
—Tracey Shors, Ph.D., Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Rutgers University73

The Invisible Stepping-stones to our Sons’ Suicides

• The more boys advance through adolescence, the more their suicide rate increases relative to girls:’
• prior to age nine, boys and girls commit suicide at equal rates.
• from ages 10 to 14, boys’ rate is twice as high74;
• from 15 to 19, four times as high75; and
• from 20 to 24, more than five times as high. 76,77
The more a boy is exposed to the pressures of the male role, the more he is likely to commit suicide. What are these pressures? For starters…

Item. When a relationship is not going well, boys’ mental health is “more negatively affected” than girls’.78
Why are our sons’ broken hearts so invisible? We often assume that when it comes to girls, “boys just want sex.” The assumption masks boys’ vulnerability. And boys’ methods of expressing their vulnerability— such as drinking, drugs, or speeding—lead us to focus on the behavior boys express rather than the vulnerability they suppress.79>>>>>>

The rest: http://whitehouseboysmen.org/blog/the-proposal/the-emotional-health-of-our-sons

So... what's to be done?