Tag: boys

‘Scream as Loud as You Can’: 5 Boys Rescued From NYC Tunnel

NEW YORK—Five mischievous boys had to be rescued after they crawled through a storm drain tunnel in New York City and got lost, authorities said. In audio released by the fire department, 911 dispatchers work to pinpoint the boys’ exact location and then tell them to scream once rescuers are close enough to hear. “Now…


3 Boys Killed After Falling Through Ice Into Lake Near Birmingham as Cold Snap Grips UK

Three boys have died, and a fourth is critically ill in hospital, after they fell through ice and into a lake at Babbs Mill Park in Solihull, near Birmingham, on Sunday afternoon. The deaths of the boys, who were aged 8, 10, and 11, comes as Britain is gripped by wintry conditions, with more snow…


Should Boys Start Kindergarten 1 Year Later Than Girls?

I launched my medical practice in Montgomery County, Maryland, in March 1990. Because I’m both a medical doctor and a doctoral psychologist, my practice soon attracted parents who had concerns about how their kids were doing in school. Beginning in the mid-to-late 1990s, I began to notice a growing cohort of young boys who weren’t…


A Counterpunch to the Assault on Manliness

On a mid-October visit with my daughter and her family, my son-in-law began recounting stories from a former construction job. He spoke of end-of-day contests—monkey-bar style races, for example, in which construction workers would race across the trusses of a building using hammers instead of the hands, which lasted until one guy slipped and concussed…


Raising Boys to Be Real Men

If you’re a young, marriageable woman these days—or even if you’re the parent or grandparent of one—you’ve probably asked the following question once or twice: “Where are all the good men?” To be sure, there’s no shortage of males, but there just doesn’t seem to be the “real men” types—those who embrace masculinity and the…


Life With Father (1947)

A straitlaced turn-of-the-century father presides over a family of boys and the mother who really rules the roost. Credit: Public Domain Movies – BUY Jan 6 DVD: www.epochtv.shop/product-page/dvd-the-real-story-of-january-6, Promo Code “EpochTV” for 20% off. – Feature Films: Cinema collection: epochcinema.com Epoch Original content: epochoriginal.com Feature Films: www.theepochtimes.com/featured-films * Click the “Save” button below the video…


The Three Stooges: ‘Sing a Song of Six Pants’ (1947)

The stooges become tailors and are heavily in debt to the Skin & Flint finance company. When the boys read about the big reward for a fugitive robber, they think it could be the answer to their problems. The bank robber conveniently ducks into their shop and leaves a suit with a safe combination. After…


Malice in the Palace (1949)

Set in a desert land where the stooges run a restaurant, the boys set out to recover the stolen Rootin Tootin diamond after they learn from the thieves that the Emir of Shmo has absconded with the contraband jewel. They journey to the stronghold of Shmo where they disguise themselves as Santa Clauses and scare…


Making Boys Into Men

As someone who thinks about family in both immediate and generational terms, the reality that I am raising my grandchildren’s parents is a sobering reminder that my actions will have a profound effect on people I have yet to meet. This is why I feel a particular responsibility to model the types of traits and…


Trust the Science and Skip the Gender-Neutral Toys and Clothes

Stay-at-home father Jay Deitcher prided himself on “blurring gender lines,” a trait he tried hard to pass along to his own young son. So he hid the kiddie clothing that sported footballs and instead gave his son a baby doll to push in a stroller on their walks, Deitcher explains on Today online. And then his…