Been doing research on men and women. I used to be on the board of directors of the National Organization for women and i was speaking around the world on these issues and teachers in japan would come up to me and say we have more problems with boys than girls. And i started seeing ultimately in 14 years of research i did for the boy crisis why our boys are struggling and what we can do about it, 56 of the largest developed nations were having problems where boys were pulling behind girls in all academic subjects but especially reading and writing, the two biggest predictors of success so i started saying is something bigger going on and what is the cause of this and why has it developed and i focused, developed nations had enough mastery of survival to allow permission for families to have divorces and for women to raise children without much father involvement or any father involvement so i started looking at those populations and found when there were divorces children did much wors
Girls. And so i started seeing that, ultimately, in the 14 years of research i did for the boy crisis that there were about 56 of the largest developed nations were having problems where the boyses were falling behind girls in all of the academic subjects but especially in reading and writing. Reading and writing are the two biggest predicters of success. So i started saying is there something bigger going on here and whats the cause of in the, and is there any why is it developed nations . And i saw that developed nations had enough mastery of survival to be able to allow permission for a family to have divorces and for women to raise children without much father involvement or any father involvement. And so i started looking at those populations and found that when there were divorces, children did do much worse, but children that a had almost no father involved or no father involvement did much worse. They were part of they were where the boy crisis resides. Then i went over to sing
Demand at booktv. Org. [applause] good morning. We this is the last regular convocation of the semester, right, david . [cheers and applause] and huh . [inaudible] i know. They had to use their gifts by the end of semester, right . Okay. So i see a lot of them are using them today. [laughter] but thats my fault. I gave didnt we give them an extra one . We gave them an extra convos gift, corey and david, because they turned out in such big numbers. A lot of them are using it today. Personally, its just the end of the semester. Weve got some very special gives here today. First, i want to mention theres an article that i tweeted out last night that really compliments you as a student body. Its from virginia business magazine, and its about how liberty, about how you as students have gone the extra mile to serve others and fulfill the Christian Mission of the school. I really think youll enjoy are it if you take time to read it. Its by heather hayes, a local reporter here, wrote for that
I see a lot of them using them today. Did we give them an extra one . We gave them an extra because they turned out in such big numbers to vote. Dont take it personally. It is nothing to do with you guys. End of the semester. Weve got some very special guests today. First i want to mention an article i treated out last night that really compliments you as a student from virginia business magazine and its about how liberty, how u. S. Students have gone the extra mile to serve others and fulfill the Christian Mission in school. I really think youll enjoy it if you take time to read it by heather hayes, local reporter here. If you get a chance take a look at that. Youll be proud of yourselves. First of all, steve strang is here. He is an awardwinning awardwinning journalist mantra for newer, businessman and author. His newest book is god and donald trump. Steve is charismas magazine ive always heard is a bigger circulation in christianity. I believe thats still true in his doing incredibl