WHAT ABOUT THOSE BOYS?
Dan Hodgins
Boy Statistics:
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Last year 34% of preschool children were expelled and 87% of them were boys |
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81% of children "kicked out" of school last year were boys |
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Boys are 6 times more likely to be "misdiagnosed" with ADD or ADHD |
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Boys are 4 times more likely to be labeled special education |
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Boys are 7 times more likely to be labled wiithj reading or language delays |
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Boys are more likely not to complete high school |
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Boys are 9 times more likely to be labeled with a behavioral problem |
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Boys are 4 times more likely to commit suicide |
Developmental/Structural Differences:
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In most cases girls brains mature earlier (boys can be 12-18 months behind) |
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Girls acquire their complex verbal skills as much as 1 year earlier |
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The corpus collosum in females is up to 20% larger |
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Girls take in more sensory data |
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Boys have a thicker skull |
Functional Differences:
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The resting female brain is more active than the activated male brain |
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Male brains turn on, like a machine to do a task, then go into a pause state |
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The male brain is overwhelmed by stimulation more quickly |
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Boys respond better to loud noises |
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Six times more girls sing in tune |
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Males are better than females in bright lights |
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Girls have better long term memory |
Language Differences:
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Communication among boys is 55% facial expressions; 38% voice tone; and 7% voice alone |
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On the average females produce more words than males (Girls by age 5 have 5-7,000 words and boys have 3-5,000 words) |
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Girls use words as they learn them |
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Boys work silently |
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Boys work out codes among themselves |
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Boys relate language with action |
Use of Space:
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Boys tend to need more space when they learn |
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Girls usually stay within a confined space |
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Boys build tall and wide |
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Boys move more objects in space |
Testosterone:
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Preschool boys can have up to 5 spikes an hour |
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School age boys can have up to 7 spikes an hour |
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Adolescent boys can have up to 10 spikes an hour |
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Engage in more motor activity during a spike |
Feeling and Emotion:
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Boys process and release feelings in quick bursts of energy |
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Males are wired to have delayed reactions to problems |
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Boys project emotions to outside space |
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Males feelings are expressed more physically |
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Males can go into a "cave" state for protection |
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Boys do not talk about their feelings |
Bonding and Attachment:
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Bonding and attachment must occur before the age of five |
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Roughhousing is essential for bonding |
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Hugging, handshaking, back slapping, punching, pinching are modes of bonding |
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Gun play, sword fighting, kicking games are not violent initiators |
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Bossy kids are healthy kids |
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Give choices that are powerful |
Learning:
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98% of information we receive leaves within 5 minutes unless it is real; hooked to an emotion and relevant |
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Movable objects are needed |
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Power play |
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Firm adults |
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Time to solve problems |
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Visual guidance |
Adults are either Killing dendrites or Growing them!
