Boys Read Less, And Worse, Than Girls
Boys Are So Unprepared by the Education System That They're Hitting High School Unable to Read Anything More Challenging That a Children's Book
https://futurism.com/future-society/teen-boys-reading-children-books
A new study of reading habits in the UK showed that teenage boy's favorite books to read are mostly children's books.
Filed July 1, 2026 at 7:44 am
Teenage boys are entering high schools woefully unprepared in terms of reading a recent study in of children’s reading habits in the UK and Ireland found. Not shocking to me.
"Tech tends to be the culprit educators single out for plunging literacy rates, and rightfully so. Kids, just like their parents, are hooked on smartphones and social media apps, getting their attention spans fried by short form videos and infinite scrolling. "