I’m working on an article right now I hope will be of general interest. It certainly is of intrinsic personal interest to me.

It concerns what the future will look like for my three-pack of male offspring (currently ages 6, 9, and 12). And it was suggested by my wife Pam’s concern that life may be hard on them and for them because they are boys.

Her ancillary worry is they’re too nice, sweet, thoughtful, courteous, etc. and they’ll be taken in hand, browbeaten, domineered, and bossed around by the women they choose to, uh, mate with (I’m sorry, my bloggies, there might be a more delicate way to put that; I just can’t think of one at the moment).

So that got me thinking. What will the future– 2029, say– look like for boys?