Newsweek ran an article that is worth a read on the state of boys in the educational system and how they are lacking behind. It also provides some interesting insights that are worth discussing in my opinion.
The Trouble with Boys - Newsweek
For example, it's fascinating how so many boys are more likely to be treated with medicine so early in life because there parents can't get control of them. One lady is taking her 3 year old in for ADHD tests and want her kid on medicine because he is out of control.
It would be interesting to talk more about how the medical industry could be potentially hurting the family by treating the child with medicine first instead of teaching the parents to discipline. I know some children do truly need medicine, but I think a lot of them need a time out and a clear message that the family does not revolve around them. Thoughts?
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I won't lie, many a day it would be easier for Jennifer to spike their afternoon snack with Valium an hour before I get home...
...however the path to greatness (for me & for my boys) is never easy, and it's never a quick fix.
The assumption, of course, is that little boys should be just like little girls.
Is lack of good fathers contributing to the idea? We have forgotten that boys-will-be-boys isn't necessarily bad?
Reminds me of Soma in Aldous Huxley's Brave New World:
"When the Warden started booming, she had inconspicuously swallowed half a gramme of soma, with the result that she could now sit, serenely not listening, thinking of nothing at all, but with her large blue eyes fixed on the Warden's face in an expression of rapt attention."
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