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Boys will be boys
Barbara Kantrowitz and Claudia Kalb’s, “Boys will be Boys” article, explains how after years of research on girls, boys must also be put underthe microscope, in efforts to reach a further understanding of the adolescent male. The two authors start their article by pointing out, that boys and girls comefrom two completely different “planets”. They have two different “crisis points”, which are stages of emotional and social development, where things can go seriouslywrong. Kantrowitz and Kalb both feel that boys need more attention because they are the ones who are more likely to have discipline problems at school and mostlikely to commit violent crimes and end up in jail. In the article Kantrowitz and Kalb use many interesting studies, and statistics, to help the reader understand thedifference between boys and girls. Later on in the article, Kantrowitz and Kalb go on to explain how boys are forced to shut down positive emotions, and that thiscould lead to the only one socially acceptable outlet; anger. Another big difference that is pointed out by the authors is that boys and girls develop physically andintellectually at very different rates. Either way Kantrowitz and Kalb make it apparent that in both sexes a strong parental bond is vital. Parents can do manythings including teaching their children by example. Specifically with boys, they can channel their son’s energy into constructive activities like sports, andencouraging qualities such as empathy. At the end of the article, Kantrowitz and Kalb do come to the conclusion that either way, “Boys will be boys. And we have to let them”