I think you're going to see a lot more of this in the news

http://www.stuff.co.nz/4460035a10.html

And I wholeheartedly agree. Thoughts?

we've been seeing these articles for fucking years

does the chap have a point - maybe

I simply see this as another "our education system is fucked" articles... and yep we'll see plenty of them this year

enough of these boys missing out cause of the feminising of our schools... boo hoo stories

More actual facts and figures please... and in depth actual reporting

are we men or cry babies Mr Scrymgeour

Boys should learn to cope. Society is already masculinised.

I totally agree. I work in the early years education sector, and it is only very rarely that I will come across male professionals, especially since moving to the UK.

With a distinct lack of "real men" teachers ( I am sorry but many of the men I have met working in education may as well be ladies) as well as guilty working parents who want to cotton wool their children, kids are generally missing out on important aspects of their development.

Rough play is VERY important for children to learn a variety of skills. I have had to work closely with my staff team (all middle aged women currently) to learn when to intercept in an altercation between kids, because I think as long as the situation is fair and balanced- and no one is getting hurt, then there is nothing wrong with it. Same goes for superhero play, gun play etc... This type of play can be a valuable teaching medium.

Men generally also have a different energy with the kids, without their input, many children are growing up without a males perspective on life. Leading to very unbalanced children .

They banned bullrush??

Balance is preferable but I don't think our schools discriminate when it comes failing our children. Too many slip through the cracks because of issues that could be easily addressed.

But then I think the entire education systems is fundamentally floored.

considering everything goes... i can understand it

bullrush - makes the NRL look like touch

ahem.

Anyway my instincts are to agree because men handle problems differently to women. From my experiences in life (perhaps sexist, perhaps true), women are a shitload more risk-adverse which has it's merits but sometimes really slows down progress and knowledge. You need to make mistakes in order to learn from them.