the boys initiative

November 4, 2011

Highlight

• The State of Young America, Demos and Young Invincibles
  Young Invincibles and Demos commissioned a survey of young adults between the ages of 18 and 34 to better capture their circumstances, their anxieties, and their ambitions.
  November 2, 2011

Health

• HPV vaccine for boys: Who will pay?
  ModernMedicine 
  November 3, 2011
• Teen Obesity: Is Lack Of Education The Real Cause?
  "For obese boys, those trying to lose weight were actually found to be less active than boys who were not trying to lose weight - in fact, they were 47 percent more likely to play video games for three hours each day."
  Huffington Post
  November 1, 2011
• CDC Recommendation to Vaccinate Boys for HPV: More Reaction
  November 1, 2011
  • The Los Angeles Times
    
  • The New York Times
    
• AAP Recommends HIV Testing at 16
  CNN Healrh, The Chart
  October 31, 2011
• Video: HPV vaccine: Miracle or menace?
  WISHTV.com, 24 Hour News 8
  October 27, 2011

Sex Education

• Democrats Introduce Sex Ed Bill
  Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA) are introducing the Real Education for Healthy Youth Act, a new bill that lays out a comprehensive, age-appropriate, and holistic vision for sex education policy in the United States.
  AmplifyYourVoice.org
  November 2, 2011
• PODCAST: What's Actually Taught in Sex Ed Class
  NPR Talk of the Nation
  November 1, 2011

Education

• Arithmetic Progression: U.S. Education Assessment Shows Modest but Steady Gains in Math Scores
  Scientific American
  November 1, 2011

Criminal Justice

• Should Kids Serve Life Sentences? High Court Weighs Whether Teens Who Kill Should Get Life Without Parole
  KETV
  October 31, 2011

Violence

• Study in Wash. state suggests more violence among kids of combat veterans
  The Washington Post
  October 31, 2011

Reality Bites

• China's Great Gender Crisis
  The Guardian (UK)
  November 2, 2011