Boy crisis of 2025, meet the ‘boy problem’ of the 1900s

Boy crisis of 2025, meet the ‘boy problem’ of the 1900s

In the early years of the 20th century, America had a “boy problem.” Boys on the street, making trouble. Boys becoming truants. Boys getting caught up in crime. The problem spread across the United States alongside the disruptions of technological change, immigration and growing socioeconomic inequality.