It used to be that the solution for depressed teens was to get them involved in sports, or group activities at school.
Now it is “cut off their penis.”
Boys are considered hyperactive or ADHD or some other alphabet thing... drugs, therapy, etcetera ensued. Taking the boys outside for a romp and activities has been found to be the eclixer. It’s genetic.
Raising boys is something akin to owning a Malinois, they need hands on guidance and it really needs to be outside with lots of room to burn it off. Parents are failing them these days. Single moms... very often don’t have a clue.
a friend, who is in education, says the dominant (public) school philosophy now is simply: "boys are treated as defective girls."