Saving Our Boys from the Follies of Modern Society

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Saving Our Boys from the Follies of Modern Society

• By
• Max Stanley Chartrand, Ph.D. (Behavioral
  Medicine)
• DigiCare Hearing Research Rehabilitation

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We bring our sons into the world with the
highest of hopes. At birth, we immediately sense
wonder, greatness and purpose. We sense an
angelic innocence that tells us that he has come
straight from the presence of God, and that now
he has been entrusted into our care. What an
honor. What an awesome responsibility.
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Conventional wisdom often tends to be more
about popular fashion than scientific
fact

• Leonardo DaVinci postulated that the Earth
  revolved around the Sun
• Columbus proposed to reach East India by sailing
  west
• If a tree falls in the forest and no one is
  around to hear it
• The Modern version

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Calibrated Window Between the Two
HemispheresDevelopment of the Corpus Collosum
The right hemisphere of the brain is utilized for
aesthetics (art music), emotion, expression,
sees whole. The left hemisphere is used for
math, deduction, abstract thought, sees only
small parts of the whole. The Corpus Collosum
(CC) is the tiny area of the brain that connects
the right and left brains. CCs are 25-30
smaller at birth in boys and take longer to
develop. If the boy has ear infections or other
sensory blocks, he may be diagnosed as learning
disabled (May become a bit overspecialized
(i.e., shades of autism).
(Sensory perceptions)
(Hypothalamus)
(Amygdala etc.)
(Cerebellum)
corpus collosum (CC)
(Vital functions of CNS/PNS)
(Sense of smell)
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Developmental Pathways Cognitive Specializations
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of used mens work boots, size 14-16.
2. Place them on your front porch, along with a 
tattered copy of GUNS  AMMO. Put an NRA decal on
the storm door.3. Place a giant dog dish next to
 the boots  magazines.4. Leave a printed
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Mike, Slim, Cooter  I went for more ammo. Back in
an hour. Don't mess with the Pit Bulls. They
attacked the mailman this morning messed him up
pretty bad. I don't think Killer had any part in
it, but I locked all four of em up in the house
just in case. Better wait outside."
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I. The Plight of the Male Species
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PLIGHT 1 Mortality

• Although 5 more males than females are born each
  year, mortality rates are dramatically higher for
  males at every stage of life, as a result of
  congenital disorders, disease, accidents,
  suicide, murder, high risk behaviors, poorer
  health habits, vocational recreational
  exposure, and war.

MPIDR, 1999
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Modern dietary trends that delay development
shorten boys lives

• Iron Overload from commercial infant formulae
  (thiomersal mercury adjuvant in infant vaccines
  also strongly suspected as primary cause for
  autism)
• Lack of live calcium ions in milk supply
• Lack of Omega 3 essential fatty acids
• Sugared cereals have replaced the high protein
  breakfast
• Increasing consumption of caffeinated soft drinks
• Food sensitivities, allergies developed from
  popular snack foods, especially flavored chips

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PLIGHT 2 Neurological Development

• At birth, the male corpus collosum (CC) is 25-30
  smaller than in females chronic OME delays CC
  development
• Because music as core curriculum was dismantled
  out of U.S. schools since 1970 because of a
  steady rise in cases of (allergy-inspired)
  chronic OME in children 0-3
• gt76 of those enrolled in special ed today
  are boys
• 85-90 of ADHD cases are boys
• gt80 of stuttering language delay cases
  are boys
• 80-85 of dyslexia cases are boys
• The autism spectrum is primarily a male
  disorder
• Special education in the U.S. is the largest
  budget item
• However, most of the above cases (ADHD, dyslexia,
  Aspergers, HFA) are considered subclinical and
  as a result receive essentially none of these
  special education resources.

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Males inability to achieve under the current
education system has created a deeply entrenched
anti-education subculture

• Boys are four times as likely as girls to repeat
  first grade
• In 2006 NCLB tests, girls outperformed boys (at
  every grade level)
• For the Class of 2006, girls made up the
  overwhelming majority of class valedictorians
  officers.
• Boys now comprise 57-80 of high school dropouts
• By the spring of 2006 only 35 of college
  undergraduates were male remedial courses,
  dominated by male students, have become the
  largest classes at our state colleges and
  universities
• Today, most graduate schools are predominantly
  U.S. females and foreign male students

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Plight 3 Criminal Activity

• 70 of juvenile murder victims are boys
• 85 of criminal juvenile arrests 92 of adult
  criminal convictions of juveniles are boys.
• 93 of federal state inmates are male
• Today, there are 6.51 million American males
  currently serving terms in the U.S. justice
  system
• We are now spending roughly twice as much on new
  prison construction as new school construction in
  the U.S. many schools closing

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Education vs Criminal Justice 1985-2025
Correlations Crime Vs Poverty .31 Crime vs
Education .82 --DigiCare Meta Study 2007
Note Based on current trends
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Plight 4 Societal Problems

• Five times as many boys than girls are victims of
  suicide
• The number of fatherless homes is increasing each
  year, so that today less than half of U.S. boys
  live in a home with a father
• The single largest threat to our boys chances of
  having healthy, mutually respectful relationships
  with females is a virtual tidal wave of Internet
  pornography aimed at our boys
• The stage for substance abuse is set by mandated
  attention deficit medication, popular heavy
  caffeine intake, and a three-fold increase per
  capita intake of refined sugar since 1980 (Clue
  self-medication)

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II. Making the Man The Four Essential Pillars
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The Four Essential Pillars of Manhood
Spiritual Social Physical
Cognitive
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Pillar 1 Spiritual Development

• Parents should teach their boys to love and to
  obey God, for the natural man is an enemy to
  God (Mosiah 319). Serving in the priesthood
  trains a boy to serve others and to learn
  obedience to God.
• Keeping the Sabbath Day holy is one of the most
  important commandments, for it makes it possible
  for keeping all other commandments
• No cable or satellite TV stations that feature R
  or X rated programs should be allowed in the home
• Computers with Internet access should be out in
  the open and have powerful anti-pornography and
  anti-gambling filters
• Boys should not be allowed to spend the night at
  homes where standards are not similar to theirs

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Pillar 2 Social Development

• See Striving for Family Unity by Elder Donald
  Staheli (Ensign, September 2007)
• The boy should learn that he is to be a good
  example to his peers to stand firm in the face
  of peer pressure
• By participating in Boy Scouting he learns
  citizenship in the larger community, as well as
  gaining skills, service, and leadership that will
  stay with him for life
• While participation in sports is important, it
  should never take priority over Church or
  academic commitments

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Boy Scouts of America Making Boys Into Men
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Pillar 3 Physical Development

• Avoid iron supplemented baby formulae and
  pressure for amphetamine medication for attention
  deficit.
• Abstinence from caffeine, tobacco, alcohol, drugs
• Immunity High protein breakfast, omega 3
  essential fatty acids, reduction in refined
  sugar.
• Dietary needs Live calcium ions for bones
  magnesium omega 3 balanced diet (see handout).
• Exercise Assure wholesome physical activities at
  home, gym class, recess, community sports
• Sleep gt8 hours per day. Teach early to bed,
  early to rise. Keep in mind that how today goes
  for your boy depends a great deal on when he went
  to bed yesterday.

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Pillar 4 Cognitive Development

• Have your boys hearing tested annually, resolve
  allergies ear infections, correct hearing loss
  (MiraCell Solution)
• Insist that classrooms K-8 have FM classroom
  soundfield systemssupply same if necessary
  (lt100 per class)
• Encourage good music early in life avoid harsh,
  rebellious, amygdala-stimulating music
• By age 10, your son should be taking weekly music
  lessons, practicing daily at home,
  participating in band-orchestra-choir at school.
• Develop early study habits, utilize TV for
  educational experiences, prohibit violent
  computer games
• Develop hobbies, interests, learn how to work

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IV. Music Education The Great (Neurological)
Equalizer
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For the NCLB Act to Have a Positive Effect on
U.S. Academic Performance Schools Must
Re-establish Music as Core Curriculum

• Nations at the top of the worldwide Science
  Math Survey require music as core curriculum from
  K-9
• Today, only the top 10 of U.S. students can
  compete with average students from these
  nations
• In Math, the U.S. is at or near the bottom of
  every survey since the early 980s, primarily
  because music programs have been phased downward
  in favor of other priorities
• U.S. schools that aggressively promote musical
  skills development continually perform at the
  highest academic levels in the U.S.

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Studies Suggest that Music Students

• Do better in reading and math
• Overcome most learning disabilities
• Go to college in higher numbers
• Are better behaved
• Are more successful in their careers

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Music Heals

• Kids with developmental delay in the Corpus
  Collosum (Language, speech, auditory, spatial,
  ADD, Dyslexia, HF Autism, other learning
  disabilities) often catch up and sometimes
  surpass their normal peers after only 4 years in
  a dynamic music program (Kodaly et al)
• Kids from inner-city schools where male drop out
  rates hav been gt75 rose to 1 in their school
  districts in math and science when music programs
  were instituted (LA, Houston, NYC)
• In one inner-city school that requires music in
  their core curriculum, 98 of students read at
  grade level or better (99 of these students were
  minorities)
• Development of musical skills has been found to
  be the most universal and economical way to
  resolve many disadvantages
• Musical skills development provide lifetime
  advantages in every area of your life

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Taking weekly music lessons practicing 25
minutes a day can

• Stimulates the CC to grow faster, so that slow
  learners catch up often surpass normal learners
• R/L hand coordination raises Spatial IQ
• Sensory stimulation raises Cognitive IQ
• Good music makes smart kids smarter

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Different kinds of music stimulate different
parts of the brain

• For instance, classical and some forms of jazz
  stimulate higher brain function, raise IQ
• Country and some pop music provide stimulation in
  the regions associated with social relationships
  and emotional expression
• Loud rock n roll or music with a persistent
  heavy drum beat stimulates the Amygdala or lower
  brainstem area and crowds out higher brain
  function

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The cognitive genius instruments
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The spatial genius instruments
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The fun instruments
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The serious instruments
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The human instrument
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Overcoming Deafness How Music Has Empowered My
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