At the Gurian Institute, we frequently receive questions from parents about how to use the latest research on developing brains to inform their parenting decisions. One particular area of concern is how much screen time to allow children to have. When they’re little, it’s relatively easy to tell them, “Time to turn it off and go find something else to do.” However, as they approach the teen years, you might …

If you’re one of the hundreds of millions of people around the world living with a disability like mental illness, finding relief can be crucial. Your work or your career might sometimes amplify symptoms like stress, sleeplessness, or a lack of focus. You may have found some relief when working from home, but finding tools to reduce stress and encourage relaxation can be very useful, alleviating tension and improving day-to-day …

The National Fatherhood Initiative is the largest program we know of supporting fathers and through fathers, children, wives, partners, and families.  Few issues in society today are as important as the father’s role in child development. We are pleased to welcome Christopher Brown, President of the NFI, to our pages today.  He has provided this guest blog on Fathering and a new strategies-focused program for supporting fathers and families.   …

Tim Wright has written on this blog before, and often about a crucial subject:  Rites of Passage and Coming of Age programs.   Now Tim has penned his own Coming of Age novel, an absorbing and powerful rite of passage adventure involving young Toby Baxter.  This children’s/young adult novel is actually a great read for us adults, too.  I gulped it down in two sittings. Today’s blog post features Tim’s new …

I begin this fourth essay in our Resilience series with Ralph Waldo Emerson’s words from Self-Reliance. “Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.  Accept the place that divine providence has found for you, the society of your contemporaries, the connection of events…we must accept in the highest mind the same transcendent destiny, not minors and invalids in a protected corner, not cowards fleeing before a revolution, but guides, …