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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm sorry, but it's not a systemic thing, it's BAD PARENTING. Parents have just assumed for so long that their boys are going to do well that they have been completely ignoring them throughout their entire childhoods, and then they become young men, and boom! Boymoms blame the system instead of themselves for not encouraging independence and providing enrichment for them. Want STEM for your boys? Find clubs for them to join, there are plenty - look at all the First Lego leagues. Want outdoorsmanship for your boys? Surprise! There's Boy Scouts (or whatever it's called now). Want your boy to do track and field? Rec leagues offer a million and five sports options every season! Art classes accept boys, all the math enrichment programs accept boys, all sort of things available to your boys, ladies, STOP IGNORNIG THEM.[/quote]

+1. It’s a lot easier to blame others and the system for your parenting failure. There are no shortages of opportunities for white boys. They fail because their parents enabled them. [/quote]

Where is the evidence that parents of girls parent better?[/quote]
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I have polite, smart sons that got into Ivies unhooked. They have serious grit and empathy for others. Fit, athletic, non-drinkers, etc.

We did a damn good job- lol [/quote]

Girl mom here and I have to admit that both of my DDs have boyfriends who are spectacular kids. Kind, respectful, smart, and ambitious. Their parents definitely raised them right! [/quote]

I raised my kid right and he is all those things. But teachers treated him horribly the first 18 years of his life and he was profoundly despressed for quite a lot of it as a result. His dad and I were his champions, so he made it through, even has one of his best friends committed suicide junior year and another classmate died of an overdose as a result of serious depression. Those of you who don't have boys who struggle in this thread are not just heartless but also without a clue. [/quote]

What kid of crazy place did you raise your kid?  My sons both did well in school and doing well in college.  Their friends are also well adjusted and doing well…know nobody that committed suicide or overdosed.

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+1 Sounds like the ghetto[/quote]

Not even close. "Elite" private school. A few years ago.[/quote]

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