The main “problem” with boys is that school is BORING. And evil.
Human beings, male or female, are at the beginning, abrasive and unsettling little creatures, genetically programmed to test boundaries and confront authority.
Some of the compliant little “goodie-goodies” set a totally false standard that almost all the rest of us are unable to live up to, and since that completely artificial bar is impossible for the vast majority to abide with fully, some kind of labeling or punishment is in order.
Liberalism is a mental disorder in and of itself.
Suffer from male pattern behavior? We’ve got a pill for that.
"This book is written for that noisy, fun-loving, mischief-finding, contrary, lovable being known as a Boy....The healthy, normal boy of today is two-lunged and two-fisted and very much alive to the fun there is to be had in his world. If he could he would sleep with his eyes open and his clothes on so he would not miss any fun that might come along...."
--Personal Help Library, v.iii. by Louise Frances Spaller, 1921.
The author appears to be assuming that the school district employees have sufficient reading ability to take in a work of popular psychology. How odd.
Orthodoxy from sissified eunuchs.
Medicalization is a halfway measure to objectifying all. They’re just starting with the more dangerous element, the better able to defend themselves and others. Like gun control and conscription of the males first, then genocide.
What do you expect when you give your children to the government?
The rise of criminalizing boy’s behavior in school is frightening to be sure. Boy’s making guns with their hands and shooting at other boys should not be cause for suspension. However, what is even more harrowing is the over/mis diagnosis of ADHD, bi-polar disorder etc going on among our kids. That does not mean that these conditions do not exist among our youth, but if I were a betting man, I would say at least 85% (if not higher) of these diagnosis is B.S.
Kids in society today are over medicated. I work in a youth group and it is frightening how many of these kids are on medication. It scares me and makes me worry for the future of our country. I was a perfectly normal little boy growing up, but I’m pretty sure that if I grew up in today’s environment, I would have been diagnosed as ADHD and been medicated for it so I would stop playing cowboys and indians etc...
Our son is ADHD. I can deal with the hyperactivity, but the attention issues are so very frustrating. We are against medications and have chosen to approach the issue using dietary and therapeutic strategies. We do private school so I know that he won’t be pushed onto an IEP for more money. That stated, our private preschool encourages boys to be boys and girls to be girls. The nuns even allow the boys to wrestle as long as they are not destructive. The girls are encouraged to be “little flowers.” Other preschools encourage girls to wear pants for play, but the nuns encourage dresses and ensure that they sit like ladies. I think that there is a war on boys and girls. Society wants boys to behave like girls, and girls to embrace masculine traits while still behaving like girls.
If my son did all of the experiments now with chemicals and electricity that I did in the 70’s as a kid, they’d put him in jail.
Queer is the new normal; boyish behavior is now verboten!
High school baseball coach. Paid absolutely squat, although I did get a new glove and a fungo bat. When the kids asked me questions (mostly about my Vietnam service which absolutely fascinated them) I always gave them solid conservative answers.
‘Best job I ever had. God willing I may do it again when we go SC or bust.
It's evil.