Whyboysfail guestblogger Peg Tyre — wait, I suppose her greater glory is with Newsweek and the about-to-be-released book, The Trouble With Boys – writes this about the CDC study:

Every other week it seems a new study comes out that adds to our already-formidable arsenal of parental worries. But even by those escalating standards, the report issued last week by the federal government’s National Center for Health Statistics contained a jaw-dropper: the parents of nearly one of every five boys in the United States were concerned enough about what they saw as their sons’ emotional or behavioral problems that they consulted a doctor or a health-care professional. By comparison, about one out of 10 parents of girls reported these kinds of problems. (See the study here.)

The report confirms what many of us have been observing for some time now: that lots of school-age boys are struggling. And, parents are intensely worried about them.

Excuse me if I fail to plant a big attaboy on the CDC. This is 1/000th of what the federal government should be doing on this issue. Australia shames us in this regard. Take a look at what the Aussies did five years ago on this issue. Keep in mind: This is a finished report, which takes several years to turn around. That puts us about eight years behind the Australians. Oh, and btw, having visited Australia, their beer is better as well.

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