"If you had a picture of a person doing something positive, winning a race, performing an experiment successfully, etc., [you had to] make sure it was of a girl."
"If you had to have a picture of someone doing a bad thing - bullying, making a mistake, being unsure which course of action to take, etc. - the image was invariably of a boy."
"The side effect was to show the boys that they are rarely winners and we expect less of them."
"The unstated assumption was that boys did not need the same degree of encouragement."
Well, those are just words, right?
What kind of harm can they really do?
A lot, actually.
Today, boys rank far behind girls in nearly every measure of scholastic achievement in the United States and Canada.
Today, boys are much more likely to have behavior problems, much more likely to repeat a grade and much more likely to drop out of school altogether.
Today, women make up approximately 60 percent of the students at colleges and universities across the United States and Canada.
We have a huge problem.
Our boys are falling behind and they are not becoming men.
This yet another sign of the moral decline and the moral collapse that is going on in the United States and Canada.
For much more on what is happening with our young males, we recommend the following resources....
#1 Bringing Up Boys
#2 Wild Things: The Art of Nurturing Boys
#3 That's My Son: How Moms Can Influence Boys to Become Men of Character
In addition, we very much encourage you to visit our new website entitled "The Debt" along with some of our other websites that we have been working on for a while....
*Kids Room Decor
*Antique Toys
*Addiction Recovery
*Truth
*What Does The Bible Say?
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