One of my favorite writers and thinkers is NYU professor Scot Galloway. He is an advocate for young men and he wrote about the recent assassination attempt on Donald Trump. The shooter was a disaffected young man with access to an AR-15. There are too many of these types of lonely and hopeless young men in America. It is more difficult for boys to get started today than it was when I graduated from high school almost 40 years ago. Galloway cites the statistic that 35-year-olds have half as much wealth as they did when they graduated from college in 1989 and 70-year-olds have twice as much wealth. The number of men in university compared to women is dropping and in 2023, it was 41%. He points out American media is not focusing on the real problem of depressed young men with access to guns and instead is focusing on the political implications of the shooting.
My current school, the Tashkent International School does not have the same problems for boys as in public schools in America. Our families are wealthier and give their sons a good start in life. However, it worries me about the larger societal issue of the struggles of young people (both boys and girls), to get started with their careers, finding mates, and living a fulfilling life. Galloway proposes solutions to this in the graphic below.
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