Is My Young Son Gay? The Gender Gap, The New Great Academic Divide

New York Times

June 10, 2011

Boys Will Be Boys, Not In These Families

No one has provoked a national conversation about children and gender norms like the retailer J. Crew. In its April catalog, the “Jenna’s Picks” page showed Jenna Lyons, the company’s creative director, playing with her barefoot son, Beckett, 4 ½. The copy read: “Lucky for me, I ended up with a boy whose favorite color is pink. Toenail painting is way more fun in neon.”

Chuck E Cheese Sued for "tot slots"

Little Boys Need Comfort and Support
"Young children, especially boys, may need their parents' help working through angry or fearful emotions. If you punish toddlers for their anger and frustration or act as if their fears are silly or shameful, they may internalize those negative emotions, and that may lead to behavior problems as they get older," said Nancy McElwain, a U of I associate professor of human development. 

The Gender Gap, The New Great Divide 
More girls than boys are now completing highschool and attending college. What's up with that? Have the tables turned and now girls receive preferential classroom time, more praise for their compliance and ability to sit quietly and still better than boys, resulting in teacher favoritism? Is Title IX to blame?

Kids and Smoking
The Monster Inside My Son 
An honest memoir from a mother of an Autistic son.

*Book Recommendation*

The Minds of Boys; Saving Our Sons from Falling Behind in School and Life