I've been Googling for possible solutions to The Boy Crisis. One said that the Christian church may be of help to struggling boys. The trouble I have with the church is homophobia and close-mindedness in regards to the natural sciences. Is embracing the church really a matter of life or death for manhood and our species as a whole?
I also found this link:
I have discovered that there is, in fact, a boy crisis, that it is a global crisis, and that it is particularly egregious in the U.S.
www.usatoday.com
"Solutions to the boy crisis must be addressed simultaneously in the family, in schools and by policymakers. To name a few: Parents need communication training to prevent the divorces that breed the boy crisis. Schools need male teachers, vocational education and recess. Presidential candidates need to identify the boy crisis as a signature issue. And President Trump, with an executive order, can create a White House Council on Boys and Men to make the boy crisis a national priority, so millions of parents and sons do not feel isolated and ashamed — but supported to address a solution toward stronger families, more boy-friendly schools, and a more economically and psychologically secure America."
Boys need education and activities centered around sports, physical fitness, skilled trades, academic professions, science, technology, outdoors, Mother Nature studies and traditional male things as hunting, fishing, boating, weight training, sailing etc. A big family dog goes a long way as a boy's companion.
Big-city concrete jungle life is not wholesome for raising either sons or daughters. Your sons needs to jog more and mow the lawn more and sit at the PC games much, much less. They need some color in their skins from the sun.
This boy with a dog companion had trouble with his arithmetic in school and mother and gramps came to help. No going to the circus until grades improve!
Virtuous masculinity should be engendered as opposed to toxic masculinity. Virtuous masculinity means using male physical strength and courage to combat those who threaten or harm the innocent. Virtuous masculinity is speaking the truth and lying not. Cowardice is not virtuous. Toxic masculinity is the attitude that having a clean-shaven face is 'girly', "men don't cry" and bullying or being complicit in bullying behavior. Men who beat up women are toxic. Spanking a naughty child on the buttocks for needed discipline is virtuous. Children need tough love as well as tender love.
Does your son know about getting fractions to a common denominator so they can be added or subtracted?
Whatever happened to the
Big Brothers program for disadvantaged boys?