Multiple times per week I receive a phone call, email, or social media post about children’s mental health.  A teacher wrote, “I’m having trouble focusing on learning because of the behavioral issues the kids are bringing to our classrooms after more than a year without proper socialization.”  Another:  “They haven’t socialized, so they don’t know good boundaries, and I’m seeing a high increase in depression and anxiety.” A mom called …

The Gurian Institute (GI) is proud to be expanding its Head Start Pilot programs in Phoenix, AZ.  The two year GI Pilot at Cartwright Early Childhood Center is completing this year (more on its results in a moment) and new Pilots at Arizona State University Early Childhood School, Byron Barry Early Childhood School, and Booker T. Washington Early Childhood School are underway. The Pilots are a collaboration between the Gurian …

Today’s blog post is a guest column from a longtime friend of the Gurian Institute, Paul Cumbo.  Paul is a teacher at Canisius High School in Buffalo, N.Y., author of Wilderness Therapy and other books, and Co-Founder of the Camino Institute.  “Sure,” Paul writes, “your kids will probably use social media sooner or later, but we should do everything we can to make it later. Meanwhile, parents and educators …

To celebrate the publication anniversary of Michael Gurian’s fourth book on Marriage and Relationships, Lessons of Lifelong Intimacy (2015), we are publishing this blog from the author, a must read for anyone in a relationship, and working to help it grow. If you want more of this kind of advice, get the book on amazon.com or at your bookstore.  In it, you will find in it a treasure trove of …

The Gurian Institute has been providing and involved with Helping Boys Thrive® Summits for nearly ten years.  These exciting one day events are networking and learning opportunities for everyone in a community who is engaged with boys–teachers, parents, non-profit staff, counselors, pastors, and all other stakeholders.  People in the communities we serve tell us these Summits become “essential events” as they raise consciousness on boys’ development and present-day struggles, and …

For more than a decade, Michael Gurian has joined with other leaders to call on three different Presidents to create a White House Commission on Boys and Men.  In Saving Our Sons and other Gurian publications he has described the political headwinds facing this potential commission.  To most people in the world it should be obvious–boys and men need research and resources just like girls and women do–but in politics, …

Michael Gurian’s father, Jack Gurian (1929 – 2021), a Veteran of the Korean War, passed away in July from Covid pneumonia.   This Veteran’s day we are honoring him with the publication of  Michael’s “A Final Mercy.” We hope this lyrical oratory, which Temple Beth Shalom in Spokane uses for its Yizkor service (the Jewish service honoring those who have sacrificed and passed on) will also help honor all our veterans, …

For more than 20 years, the Gurian Institute has been certifying trainers to provide professional development and consulting in schools, organizations, and communities both in the United States and abroad.  You can meet some of our trainers on https://gurianinstitute.com/trainers/. In 2019, we announced a major new GI initiative:  “Let’ Have a Trainer in Every School!”  This initiative is about equipping every school with at least one certified trainer who can …