So my son attended a showing of the movie "Bully" at his school yesterday. I don't know if any of you have seen or heard about the movie, but it's pretty powerful. What's amazing to me is the level of immaturity of not only many of the boys (young teens) in the movie, but also of what my son tells me was the reaction of the boys in his grade (he's 13) to the movie. Not to over- stereotype, but the boys watching the movie reacted with giggles and appeared at least to not show much empathy toward the bullying victims.
We all know (most) boys mature slower than girls, but why is this? I guess my background in developmental and/or bio is just not strong enough to provide me with any immediate answers to this. Slower prefrontal cortex growth in boys perhaps? But if that's so, why is that? Any input much appreciated. Michael Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. [email protected] http://www.ThePsychFiles.com Twitter: mbritt --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=24436 or send a blank email to leave-24436-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
