"As school
begins in the coming weeks, parents of boys should ask themselves a question:
Is my son really welcome? A flurry of incidents last spring suggests that the
answer is no. In May, Christopher Marshall, age 7,
was suspended from his Virginia school for picking up a pencil and using it to “shoot” a “bad
guy” — his friend, who was also suspended. A few months earlier, Josh Welch, also 7, was sent home from
his Maryland school for nibbling off the corners of a strawberry Pop-Tart to
shape it into a gun. At about the same time, Colorado’s Alex Evans, age 7,
was suspended for throwing an imaginary hand grenade at “bad guys” in
order to “save the world.”Thursday, August 29, 2013
School has become too hostile for boys
"As school
begins in the coming weeks, parents of boys should ask themselves a question:
Is my son really welcome? A flurry of incidents last spring suggests that the
answer is no. In May, Christopher Marshall, age 7,
was suspended from his Virginia school for picking up a pencil and using it to “shoot” a “bad
guy” — his friend, who was also suspended. A few months earlier, Josh Welch, also 7, was sent home from
his Maryland school for nibbling off the corners of a strawberry Pop-Tart to
shape it into a gun. At about the same time, Colorado’s Alex Evans, age 7,
was suspended for throwing an imaginary hand grenade at “bad guys” in
order to “save the world.”
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