So why are boys failing?
● Boys are different. They are not dumb or deficient, just different.
For the first several years of their lives (6-8) they grow up in a nurturing environment where they spend most of their time surrounded by women and are engaged in female activities. It’s true they play different games and rough and tumble is expected behavior, but their days are spent in a female dominated environment.
● Boys discover they are different. It happens between 5-8. They want to be like Dad.
As if a switch has been turned on, the innate masculine characteristics begin to make demands. They become more aggressive, more assertive. They want more freedom from the protective, nurturing activities. Adventure is the goal. There are worlds to be conquered, and it is their responsibility to win. Action becomes more important than relationships.
● Too much stays the same. Even school is a woman’s world. He wants to be physical.
The assigned reading materials do not relate to boys. Reluctant readers are being developed. He is repulsed that anyone would expect boys to read those books for fun. Boys want action, suspense, dialogue, and lots of white on the page. Relationships are secondary. Yet we continue to offer books that appeal only to girls. 85 percent of the library books for children are written by women and unless persistent effort to do otherwise we write our gender.
● Boys are fighters, only as long as they have hope. Defeat is close to disgrace, so give up!
Boys mature at different rates than girls. They know when they are not keeping up. They don’t need parents and teachers to tell them. They know. Kids snicker. Teachers group them with others who can’t. Everybody knows. Why try?
● They are labeled – losers. Nobody changed the diet to meet their needs. They withdraw.
Boys in grades one to five are more likely than girls to be diagnosed with emotional disturbances, learning problems, or speech impediments. Boys, ages 5 to 12, are 60% more likely than girls to repeat at least one grade. Boys aren’t dumb; they’re different. But our school leaders don’t understand or don’t care. There is no way to catch up!
● Girls get a headstart in school because parents don’t realize boys are different.
It’s not intentional. If their children are between the ages of 3 and 5, parents are more likely to read three times per week to girls than to boys. Could it be possible it’s because boys want to hear different stories even that young and they are not available?
Baker Trittin Press came into existent to publish books that appeal to boys.
We have succeeded!
Reluctant readers enjoy our books.
NO ONE SETS OUT TO FAIL!
