Self-fulfilling prophecy. When they see, hear, and believe something about themselves, that's what happens. We see the same thing with girls' self-image and media.

When it comes to raising a mature and well-adjusted kid, it's all about fostering a supportive environment that encourages responsibility, accountability, and personal growth. Focus on teaching them essential life skills, setting clear boundaries, promoting positive values, and encouraging open communication.

Anonymous wrote:Most school environments do nothing to support boys and the way they develop from a neurological standpoint. It all all too sedentary for them. And they you wonder why they are all classified as having ADHD. The screens make this worse

That's not it. Schools in previous decades were more sedentary. But expected that boys could and would behave and learn. Now we just excuse boys and let them fail.

Anonymous wrote:Most school environments do nothing to support boys and the way they develop from a neurological standpoint. It all all too sedentary for them. And they you wonder why they are all classified as having ADHD. The screens make this worse

And yet somehow these victims manage to thrive enough to be over-represented in tech, politics, paid more in Hollywood, etc. So obviously they’re capable of quite a bit!

Most school environments do nothing to support boys and the way they develop from a neurological standpoint. It all all too sedentary for them. And they you wonder why they are all classified as having ADHD. The screens make this worse

Anonymous wrote:A teacher? Finding fault with boys?

Shocker.

Really, what a shock! And enough with the pandemic garbage, kids are resealing and do bounce back quickly. Maybe, just maybe, the decades of fighting against masculinity and toxic males has trickled down to these young men. I would hate to be a man in this world today, vilified since boyhood for just being male. Good job women!

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Anonymous wrote:What can you do to ensure you are raising a mature, well adjusted kid and eventual young adult? I’m seeing too many cases of failure to launch with boys and it makes me anxious.

Why would this make you anxious? Do you have young boys or something?

DP. Presumably. Why are you attacking OP? Do you have nothing better to do with your morning?

How is that an attack?

It is not normal to feel “anxious” about something like this unless there is a personal stake in it.

I see she is a teacher. Blaming this on the pandemic. Which is just incredibly stupid.

Your post speaks for itself.

SMH

It’s the fault of whoever is raising them. Do better.

Anonymous wrote:Give them chores, and insist on them getting done. My 3.5 yr old is so proud to help. So was his older brother. Now at age 11, the older one took care of me and the house for 4-5 hours yesterday when I was incapacitated by a migraine.

Took care of the house for 4 hours? What does that even mean?

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Anonymous wrote:What can you do to ensure you are raising a mature, well adjusted kid and eventual young adult? I’m seeing too many cases of failure to launch with boys and it makes me anxious.

Why would this make you anxious? Do you have young boys or something?

DP. Presumably. Why are you attacking OP? Do you have nothing better to do with your morning?

How is that an attack?

It is not normal to feel “anxious” about something like this unless there is a personal stake in it.

I see she is a teacher. Blaming this on the pandemic. Which is just incredibly stupid.

A teacher? Finding fault with boys?

Shocker.

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Anonymous wrote:Who are you hanging out with? Virtually all of the teen and young adult boys I know are working hard and doing well.

NP. I’m a teacher. Roughly half the ones I see are struggling. Sometimes pretty well-concealed and other times, openly. It cuts across SES and race/ethnicity. The pandemic was very hard on boys.

Teacher, thank you for acknowledging this.

Anonymous wrote:Who are you hanging out with? Virtually all of the teen and young adult boys I know are working hard and doing well.

NP. I’m a teacher. Roughly half the ones I see are struggling. Sometimes pretty well-concealed and other times, openly. It cuts across SES and race/ethnicity. The pandemic was very hard on boys.

Anonymous wrote:OP is a misandrist troll.

She's not an ostrich.

OP is a misandrist troll.