We are excited to announce that Dr. Michael Thompson, New York Times bestselling author of It’s a Boy! and co-author of Raising Cain, will speak at the What Boys Need As Males Conference in January. Today’s newsletter features his topic and biography.

The Conference is free but you need to register to participate. Registration is easy. Please go to https://helpingboysthrive.org/what-boys-need-as-males-conference/. On that site you can learn more about the conference and register.  Now here is more about Dr. Thompson and his keynote at the conference.

Having Faith in Boys’ Development

Michael Gurian will interview Dr. Michael Thompson.  From Dr. Thompson: In this interview, I will talk about the fears that educators have about boy development: the worries of elementary school teachers who believe they are seeing “violent play” and the concerns of middle-school teachers who are always concerned that boys will get out of control. Boys as a group often have a more conflictual relationship with school than do girls. They can be off-putting to teachers who just want their students to love school. It is important that teachers like boys, trust boy development and make deep, affectionate relationships with boys, even the ones—or should I say, especially the ones—to whom they have to say, ‘Stop it. That’s enough.’

The Conference is free but you need to register to participate. Registration is easy. Please go to https://helpingboysthrive.org/what-boys-need-as-males-conference/. On that site you can learn more about the conference and register.